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Is there a connection between migraines and food, genetics and weather?

Just when you thought you'd seen Oprah do everything, she kicks off her shoes, pulls off her socks and lets one of the world's greatest female athletes give her a pedicure.

Yes, Robert Pattison is cute, and yes, we're all for the academic analysis of fine works of literature, but is an entire university course in "Twilightology" really necessary? California State University says yes. They're offering a Twilight-themed course as part of their Women's Studies program. We're sure that some feminists may be recoiling (justifiably) at the idea of a women's studies department devoting an entire class to the dissection of Edward Cullen's non-sex life, but we think the fandom and hysteria that has surrounded the books and films may warrant academic scrutiny, and the students at California State agree – when the class started there was only one spot left.

Getting good treatment for pain is hard. It's even harder if you're a woman, worse still if you're attractive. Here's why it's time we paid more attention to pain.

Lucy Rossiter, 41, organizes her life in Fredericton around her daily headaches.