Crushing headaches
As many as half the adult population has had at least one headache in the past year. Headaches are the most common disorder of the nervous system and Durham University neuroscientist Amanda Ellison thinks we are not very good at dealing with them.
They are very misunderstood,” says Ellison, author of a new book, Splitting: The Inside Story on Headaches. “There is a lot people don’t know about headaches.”
When throbbing in our temples starts, most of us reach for a painkiller. That may switch off the pain signals, but it
