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| | | Dr Mark Porter gives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tackles a particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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|  | | | | "I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
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Headaches
If you, or a member of your family, are prone to frequent headaches – and the odds suggest that at least one of you will be – then this programme could provide some relief.
Types of headaches
Case Notes this week discovers why so many people are suffering unnecessarily and looks at the most common causes of headaches and what can be done about them.
Dr Mark Porter will be talking to Dr Andy Dowson about different types of headaches such as tension headache and recurrent headaches.
The programme also looks at a radical new approach to help people with migraine. It discusses a new study examining a link between migraine and a minor heart defect.
Eyesight and headaches
Can poor eyesight, or the wrong specs and contact lenses, really cause headaches? Dr Porter puts that question to Professor Peter Goadsby from the Institute of Neurology in London.
Migraine
At least one in ten of the UK population will be affected by migraine to some degree at some time – that’s a minimum of six million people. Mark Porter talks to Anne MacGregor, Director of Clinical Research at the City of London Migraine Clinic about how millions of people are missing out on the latest treatments.
Next week: Alzheimer’s disease
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RELATED LINKS
Headache Test
British Association for the Study of Headache
Analgesic Rebound Headache
The City of London Migraine Clinic
MIPCA
Migraine Trust
Migraine Action
Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches OUCH (UK)
BBC Health – Headaches
BBC Health
BBC News Health
NetDoctor
NHS Direct
Dr Foster
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