Child Neurology Workforce Study

For more than a decade, reports have indicated that the supply of child neurologists is inadequate to provide care for the growing number of children with acquired and genetic neurological conditions. Other reports reveal that fewer new physicians are choosing child neurology as a specialty, which will exacerbate shortages affect the practice of child neurology, the attitudes of child neurologists, CHILD NEUROLOGY Workforce Study present shortages as practicing physicians retire.

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Treatment of migrane headache in children and adolescents

Migraine headaches, or “sick headaches,” are recurring episodes of intense, pounding, nauseating head pain. The pain lasts for several hours to up to three days.
Migraine headaches are common in children and adolescents. Three percent of preschool children, four to 11 percent of elementary school children, and up to 23 percent of teenagers have migraines. As children reach their teenage years, the number of headaches may increase.

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