Asthma is a serious, chronic lung disease that affects almost 5 million children in the U.S. alone.  Although the disease can occur in children of all ages, it most commonly develops before the age of 5.  The symptoms which include wheezing, chronic cough,  shortness of breath and tightness in the chest can be debilitating for many children.

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Children and headaches. These two words should never go together.  Unfortunately, they do.  According to the International Headache Society estimates, more than 10% of all children get migraines and that as these children become teenagers and young adults, the frequency of headache occurrence increases.

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