{"product_id":"the-headache-the-science-of-a-most-confounding-affliction-and-a-search-for-relief-9780358507758","title":"The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction--And a Search for Relief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Required reading for anyone with a head.\"--Mary Roach, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eStiff \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFuzz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Absorbing, incisive. . . Zeller captures the profound human and scientific costs of medicine's neglect of these common conditions that affect millions of people--especially women--and points the way toward a more hopeful future.\"--Maya Dusenbery, author of \u003cem\u003eDoing Harm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom blinding migraines to severe headache disorders known as \"clusters,\" chronic head pain affects 40% of the population, many of them suffering in silence. Finally, \u003cem\u003eThe Headache\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the science behind a group of disorders that is as much a curse as a cultural punchline, and leads to key insights into the nature of pain itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by his own decades-long struggle with cluster headaches, veteran science journalist Tom Zeller Jr.'s journey into headache science is at once intimate and panoramic. He visits cutting-edge clinics; interviews dozens of doctors, neurologists, and fellow headache patients; participates in clinical trials for multi-million-dollar new medicines; and even experiments with psilocybin in search of relief. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Zeller traces the longer arc of mystery around headaches, from prehistoric skull surgery to Virginia Woolf's assertion that, in the throes of a migraine, \"language runs dry,\" to reveal how headaches became one of the most under-researched afflictions in medicine--and how that is slowly starting to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith warmth, wit, and infectious curiosity, Zeller's search for the origins of his own headaches becomes a journey into the inner workings of the human nervous system, and an invaluable witness to one of the most maligned conditions known to medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Zeller Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.33w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358507758","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44151550214189,"sku":"9780358507758","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_b484d9f2-00c8-46fd-adcb-910ff1f2c9ac.jpg?v=1757354660","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-headache-the-science-of-a-most-confounding-affliction-and-a-search-for-relief-9780358507758","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}