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First-ever study looks at impact of family income on prevalence of migraine in adolescents

Adolescents from low-income families are much more likely to suffer from migraine headaches than teens from wealthier households, according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The findings, published in the July 3 issue of Neurology, suggest that factors associated with low socioeconomic status -- stress, poor diet and limited access to medical care, for example -- increase the prevalence of migraines in young people.

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