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Feature Interview (9:54) – Neurologist Dr. Natalie Manalo talks about the diagnosis and treatment of headaches, one of the most common medical problems. She discusses the different kinds of headaches, what causes them, how patients can prevent them, and new developments in how to treat them. Also in this episode: Background Info (00:45) – How common are headaches? Who gets headaches? Are there different kinds of headaches? Medical Trivia (Answer at 44:56) – Shortly after 1pm on April 12, 1945, while sitting for a portrait at his vacation retreat in Warm Springs, GA, a man quietly uttered his last and very famous words: “I have a terrific pain in the back of my head,” and collapsed in his chair. Two and a half hours later, he was dead from a massive intracranial hemorrhage. Who was this famous individual that died shortly after the onset of what is known as a “thunderclap” headache? Listener Questions (46:50) – Is there any other method of testing for prostate cancer other than a cat scan and prostate biops