HEADACHES PROJECT
OBJECTIVES
Students (team of 2) will do the following:
 Research about different types of headaches, their causes, and
treatments; and create a commercial for a headache treatment
PROCEDURE
1. Give a definition of the word “Headache” and report on different types of
headaches. (i.e. tension headaches, exercise headaches, sinus headaches,
migraines, and cluster headaches.) Which of these headaches is most common?
Which are most severe? What are some symptoms that should cause you to seek
help? Briefly discuss the cause, symptoms, and treatments for each type of
headache.
2. Create a commercial in PowerPoint format for one type of headache treatment.
You may focus on an over-the-counter medicine; a prescription drug; or a service
such as acupuncture, massage therapy, or yoga. Use facts and statistics from
your own research. Your commercial should address the following questions:
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What type of headache does this treatment claim to remedy?
Who gets this type of headache? (How many Americans does it affect?)
What does it feel like (i.e. what are the symptoms)?
What are other symptoms, if any?
What are some external causes of this type of headache?
What are the internal causes?
Why does this treatment work?
The Web sites below from Discovery Health Online provide helpful information:
Headache
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/2939.html
Migraine
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/572.html
Cluster Headache
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/565.html
Tension Headache
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/1791.html
Pain Medications
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/1668.html
What to hand in (via email):
1. Word document (Font: Normal, Arial. Size: 12):
a. The report
b. A list of any additional websites that you found useful (For each
Web site you should note the name, URL, and a list of interesting
facts about it)
c. A list of the medical words with their definitions
d. A list of the academic words with their definitions
2. PowerPoint presentation
Format of your Word Document:
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Last name/first name/student number/email: 1. ___________________
2. ____________________
Collaborative Report: (essay, max 5000 words)
Websites consulted (list of additional websites)
List of Medical words (max 20)
Format:
Example
in
TERM
context
…
catheter
Word class
information
…
hemodialysis
…the victim can
be
saved
by
regular use of a
renal
hemodialysis
machine.
noun
…
…
…
List of Academic words (max 10)
Format:
Example
in Word
class
TERM
context
information
approach
….
…
formula
…Coca-Cola’s
patented
formula.
noun
…
…
….
Dictionary
definition
…
A
treatment
used
to
cleanse
the
blood
of
patients
whose kidneys
are defective
…
Dictionary
definition
…
A list of the
substances
used to make
a medicine
…
Greek
translation
…
αιμοκάθαρση
…
Greek
translation
…
συνταγή,
τύπος
…
EXTENSION
You will get extra credit for submitting articles you have found on the Internet
related to your topic. These should be submitted along with their sources, a fiveto-eight-sentence summary on the article, and a three-to-five-sentence personal
reflection on why you chose the article you did and further presented to the class.
A possible starting point is the Discovery Health Web site <http://health.discove
ry.com/> or the NBC portal at <http://www.msnbc.com/news/HEALTH_Fro
nt.asp?0dm=B---H&ta=y>. These sites offer daily highlights related to health
issues.
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