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Facts about headache:

More than 45 million people in the US have chronic headaches.
More than 11 million people in the US have severe headaches that cause some disability.

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Related Topics:

Basilar migraine
Chronic headaches
Cluster headaches
Complicated migraine
Head injury
Migraine headache
Ocular migraine
Sinus headache
Spinal headache
Tension headache
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Last Updated: Apr 29, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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