The Headache Godfather
The Story of Dr. Seymour Diamond and How He Revolutionized the Treatment of Headaches
داستان الماس سیمور و چگونگی تکامل درمان سردرد
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January 1, 2015
Eighty-nine-year-old Seymour Diamond's adult life has been one headache after another. Literally. In this amiable autobiography (coauthored with his son-in-law), the self-taught neurologist recounts his rise to become one of the most successful headache specialists in the world. Over the years, he has treated thousands of patients suffering from headaches, performed pharmaceutical research, and authored textbooks on the management of headaches for professionals and laypersons. In 1974, he opened the first private headache clinic in the U.S. He helped establish the National Headache Foundation and serves as its executive chairman. Diamond understands the tollmedical, social, emotional, and financialthat chronic headaches extract from affected individuals. His multidisciplinary approach to disabling headaches includes medications, counseling, treatment of withdrawal symptoms due to narcotics, physical therapy, biofeedback, and education. Anecdotes about patients, colleagues, family, and his own celebrity status as a medical expert, involvement in malpractice lawsuits, and even an interaction with a Chicago mobster add pizzazz. Diamond reminds health professionals, The patient with chronic pain, including headache, is seeking empathy as well as treatment. What a gem!(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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