The Effects Of Migraine On Women

Thesis

A. Finocchi and Strada (2014) discuss the effects migraines have on women in comparison to men, and why they are more prevalent on women.

1. They look at the different statistics that compare women and men.

2. They look into the sex hormones, genes, and the differences in brain function and structure.

Subpoints

B. Women suffer from migraines twice as more as men do (Finocchi & Strada, 2014).

C. Women have more, longer-lasting, painful migraines.

1. It causes more of a disability.

2. They risk their migraines turning into chronic migraines.

Evidence or arguments for thesis or subpoints

D. There are a variety of statistics that support the thesis that migraines effect women more than men.

1. Finocchi and Strada (2014) identify that

Incorporate the use of different drugs and medications to either lessen the severity of a migraine or lessen the frequency of migraines.

Ideas for future research

I. Look into different methods of treatments or medications that will directly target the “thing” or “aspect” that is causing the women’s migraine.

J. Now that we know there is a difference, researchers should consider looking into seeing if there is a medication that needs to be developed specifically for women.

Thesis

A. Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, and Nersessova (2014) state that brain injury investigators have noted women have stronger executive functions after a traumatic brain injury, than men do. Therefore, they conducted a study.

Subpoints

B. A study was conducted.

1. There were a total of 121 participants, each with a traumatic brain injury.

2. The families of the participants were involved as well.

3. Men demonstrated a greater impairment of self-awareness of the deficits.

4. The purpose of the study was to examine possible gender differences in self-awareness of injury-related deficits and examine possible causes for the gender differences (Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, & Nersessova,

When being discharged from the hospital, women had better awareness of their own deficits.

Evidence or arguments for thesis or subpoints

C. Research has shown that women with traumatic brain injury outperform men in various functions, including rehabilitation outcome (Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, and Nersessova, 2014).

D. Women are more likely than men to survive their injuries and less likely to have post injury complications (Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, and Nersessova, 2014).

E. The argument is that researchers have found that women are more likely to die from their traumatic brain injury and have worse outcomes than men (Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, and Nersessova, 2014).

F. Another argument is that men exceed women in post-traumatic brain injury functions (Niemeier, Perrin, Holcomb, Rolston, Artman, Lu, and Nersessova, 2014).

Critique or comparison

G. Little research has considered the possible gender differences in self-awareness of patients during recovery.

H. The different gender-roles, or stereotypes were failed to be recognized. Perhaps men acted that way because they are not supposed to show weakness, but are to be strong. For women, it is acceptable. They are seen as needing help and being