Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A new study by US Nationwide Children’s Hospital has found that headaches in children increase during the fall at the same time as academic stress increases and changes occur in bedtime routines and other daily events…“Stress is really a significant player with children’s and teen’s headaches — parents report that all the time, we see that all the time,” the lead researcher, Dr. Ann Pakalnis, a neurologist…In addition to stress, experts believe other headache-inducing factors to include an increase in after-school activities, meals skipped and drinking less fluids. Less exercise and watching too much television are also believed to contribute, reports Ilene Manacher for CBS News.”(more)