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Article: It's all in your head! Everyone gets a headache once in a while. Find out how you can decrease the pain and increase the prevention. (disease & disorders).
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Lea sighed. She could feel the pain in her head beginning to expand again. It seemed like that happened almost every day now, and it was definitely getting old. She didn't want to take more medication, but what choice did she have? She certainly couldn't study for her English test or write out her science experiment results when all her concentration was on putting up with the pounding. Maybe it was time to talk to a doctor.
Lea isn't alone. Millions of people suffer from headaches in this country, and a growing number of them are teenagers. Almost three-quarters of teens report that they have at least one headache a month, while 10 percent say they have ...