Headache disorders foreword

Disease-a-Month 61 (2015) 213

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Headache disorders foreword

Headache disorders are among the most commonly encountered disorders seen in the primary care office. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 47% of the adult population has experienced a headache at least once within a year’s time with over 10% of these patients reporting migraine headaches. Headaches lasting 15 or more days monthly affect up to 4% of the world’s adult population. Migraine headaches have been found to account for 1.3% of total years lost due to disability according to a 2004 report from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Dr. Irene Semenov and her colleagues from the Department of Neurology at NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, IL) present a comprehensive overview of this common, but vexing clinical disorder.

Jerrold B. Leikin, MD Editor-in-Chief

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disamonth.2015.03.001 0011-5029/& 2015 Published by Mosby, Inc.