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The Causes and Treatment of Headaches

Dr. Fred Sheftell is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, "Headache Relief." He's also co-authored the book, "Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain" He is President of ACHE. American Council for Headache Education. He talks to Terry about how headaches work.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 28, 1996: Interview with Barry Gordon; Interview with Fred Sheftell.
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How We Remember and Forget

Specialist in memory and language disorders, Dr. Barry Gordon. His book is "Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life." It looks at recognition, recall, memory blocks and the effects of drugs. The book also gives tips to increasing memory recall and dispels some common myths about the brain and memory. Gordon is a behavior neurologist, cognitive neuroscientist and experimental psychologist at Johns Hopkins University. (Rebroadcast)

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The Causes and Treatment of Headaches.

Dr. Fred Sheftell is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, Headache Relief. He's also co-authored the new book, Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain (Little, Brown & Co.) (The New England Center for Headache is located in Stamford, Connecticut).

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Dr. Fred Sheftell

Cofounder of the New England Center for Headache Dr. Fred Sheftell. He's also Chair of the World Headache Alliance. His book Conquering Headache: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding the Treatment and Control of Headache (Empowering Press, www.bcdecker.com) is now in it's third edition. Sheftell will talk about the new research in migraines. The New England Center for Headache is in Stamford Connecticut.

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