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Article: Sleep problems can be headache for kids.(news)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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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 were presented at the 24th Annual Conference on Sleep Disorders in Infancy and Childhood held from January 26-28 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
"What is novel in our study is the finding that a high percentage of patients with headache have sleep disturbance," said Kenneth Mack, MD, PhD, a pediatric neurologist specializing in ...