Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Period 5
Annotated Bibliography
Publications, June
2009, http://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/headache-when-to-worry-what-to-do.
(2) The purpose is to help understand the causes and finding the treatments to relieve
headache pain. (3) The content contains material such as when to worry about a headache,
headache categories, and explaining specific types of headaches. (4) A possible audience is
anyone who wants to know when to worry and what to do about headaches. (5) This
provides a concise overview of the topic. (6) Many other articles by Harvard covering this
subject. (7) No bias.
Smitherman, Todd A., et al. "The prevalence, impact, and treatment of migraine and
severe headaches in the United States: a review of statistics from national surveillance
studies." Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 53.3 (2013): 427-436.
(2) The purpose is to provide estimates of headache burden and treatment patterns by
examining migraines and headaches. (3) The content contains data taken from various
sources. (4) A possible audience is those who want to study the data themselves and use it
as a reference. (5) This was published three years ago so the data is fairly current. (6) This
contains various data plots, ranging from pie graphs to bar graphs to line plots. (7) No bias.
Kassak, Kassem, et al. "Spinal manipulation vs. amitriptyline for the treatment of
(2) The purpose was to compare the effects of spinal manipulation and pharmaceutical
treatments for chronic tension headaches. (3) The content contains the study done to do the
comparison. (4) A possible audience could be those looking to consider doing these
treatments for their headaches. (5) This has a data that can be reviewed and tries again if
needed. (6) No special features. (7) No bias.