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Children with migraines have higher risk of sleep apnea and other disorders

June 10, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN  
Filed under Diseases & Conditions

Children with migraines have higher risk of sleep apnea and other disorders

There’s a conference going on right now called SLEEP. It’s the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). They’ve been issuing many interesting press releases about abstracts (summaries of studies) regarding sleep issues.
One of these abstracts is from a study that found children with migraine headaches are more likely to have sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and lack of sleep, than children without a migraine.
According to the press release, Link between migraines and sleep disorders in children, “The study found the children with a migraine were twice as likely as the other children in …read more

Migraine-related press releases

April 18, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN  
Filed under Diseases & Conditions

Migraine-related press releases

Some interesting news coming out of the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting about migraines:
 
Overuse of codeine, oxycodone and barbiturates increases risk of chronic migraine
Children with migraine at increased risk of sleep disturbances
Migraine frequency linked with women’s risk of cardiovascular disease
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