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Recurrent Headaches Affect Quality of Life as Much as Other Chronic Diseases
A new study by Andrew Hershey, MD, PhD, et al, found that migraine headaches can affect children in very much the same way as other long-term illnesses.

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The Headache Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is active in developing presentations, publications and book chapters examining childhood headache disorders and treatments:

deGrauw, T.J.; Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Bentti, A.-L. Diagnosis of migraine in children attending a pediatric headache clinic. Headache 1999;39:481-485.

Reinhold, J.R.; Bentti, A.-L. Pediatric Seizures and Childhood Headaches in Primary Care. Nursing Clinics of North America 35(1):137-146, 2000.

Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Bentti, A.-L.; deGrauw, T.J. Effectiveness of amitriptyline in the prophylactic management of childhood headaches. Headache 2000;40:539-549.

Powers, S.W.; Mitchell, M.J.; Byars, K.C.; Hershey, A.D.; Bentti, A.-L.; LeCates, S.L. Effectiveness of one-session biofeedback training in a pediatric headache center: a pilot study. Neurology 2001;56:133.

Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Bentti, A.-L.; LeCates, S.L.; deGrauw, A. Characterization of chronic daily headaches in children in a multidisciplinary headache center. Neurology  2001;56(8):1032-1037.

Kabbouche, M.; Bentti, A.-L.; LeCates, S.L.; Powers, S.W.; Hershey, A.D. Tolerability and effectiveness of prochlorperazine (Compazine) in childhood status migrainosis. Pediatrics 2001;107(4):e62.

Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; LeCates, S.L.; Bentti A.-L. Effectiveness of nasal sumatriptan in 5 to 12 year old children. Headache 2001;41(7):693-697.

Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Vockell, A.-L.B.; LeCates, S.L.; Kabbouche, M.A.; Maynard, M.K. PedMIDAS: Development of a Questionnaire to Assess Disability of Migraines in Children. Neurology 2001:57:2034-2039.

Kashikar-Zuck, S.; Goldschneider, K.R.; Powers, S.W.; Vaught, M.H.; Hershey, A.D. Depression and Functional Disability in Chronic Pediatric Pain. Clinical Journal of Pain 2001:17:341-349.

Koenig, M.A.; Gladstein, J.; McCarter, R.J.; Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Wasiewski, W.; Pediatric Committee of the American Headache Society. Chronic Daily Headache in Children and Adolescents Presenting to Tertiary Headache Clinics. Headache (in press).

Hershey, A.D.; Powers, S.W.; Vockell, A.-L.B.; LeCates, S.L.; Kabbouche, M.A. Effectiveness of Topiramate in the Prevention of Childhood Headaches. Headache (submitted).

Palermo, T.M.; Powers, S.W.; Miller, B.; Scher, M.S.; Hershey, A.D. Migraine Headaches and Sleep Disturbances in Children. (submitted).