What Nurses Know...Headaches is written by a nurse who has experienced having headaches all of her life. There are risk factors that are not changeable like genetics, for example. But others, such as stress, diet, or the overuse of medications, are much more easily changed through education. Other preventive strategies include following specialized diets and using mind-body techniques such as deep relaxation, visualization, and biofeedback to help people put an end to their headaches.

What Nurses Know...Headache includes:

• Headache basics
• Discusses over a dozen headache types based the upon American Headache Society classifications
• Headache care, including coping measures, support strategies, and future treatments onthe horizon
• A list of proven headache prevention diets