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Article: Headache, Sleep Problems Connected in Children.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
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- January 26, 2006
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that frequent headaches in children appear to be associated with sleep problems. More than two-thirds of children studied who suffer from chronic daily headache also experience sleep disturbance, especially delay in sleep onset. For children with episodic headaches, one-fifth had sleep problems. The findings will be presented this week at the 24th Annual Conference on Sleep Disorders in Infancy and Childhood in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
"What's novel in our study is the finding that a high percentage of patients with headache have sleep disturbance," says ...