If headaches aren't caused by another health problem, treatment focuses on preventive medication. For chronic migraines, for example, tricyclic antidepressants (Amitriptyline) may help prevent future migraines.
In many ways, Kaiser has been ahead of the curve on health care for decades. Started by a surgeon running a tiny hospital near Desert Center, Calif., to serve construction workers, Kaiser became an H.M.O. with its own doctors and hospital in the mid-1940s and expanded beyond California over the next 50 years.
The graduates, all between the ages of 25 and 45, spent six weeks as interns and were mentored in various departments at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center. A federal grant of $150,000 supported the training program, which is overseen by the Santa Clara County Community Health Partnership.