Article: Migraine linked to sleep problems.(News)

CHICAGO -- Sleep apnea was observed in more than half of children with migraine in a study of 90 children aged 5-19 years with headache and sleep complaints.

Evaluation by polysomnography revealed sleep apnea in 56% of children with migraine compared with 30% of those with nonmigraine headache, according to study data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.

The association between sleep apnea, also known as sleep-disordered breathing, and migraine was significant, with an odds ratio of 2.1, Dr. Martina Vendrame, chief resident, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, and colleagues reported.

Two-thirds of the ...

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