A review of migraine treatment published in the Lancet is both comprehensive and helpful.

Our body detects violations of our needs in many ways. If our response to a violation is great enough then our brain stem will initiate one of two protection responses - create pain or exhibit a coping mechanism. Sometimes the coping mechanism triggers pain. Sometimes the coping mechanism is in response to pain.

For too long scientists, biologists and doctors haven’t understood cancer and it has been a terrifying illness. This is changing though. In the first edition of Mukherjee’s book we learned an awful lot about the history of cancer. The research, treatment, advocacy, fund raising, prevention and drug development.