Study: Kids May Cause Headaches

A new study shows almost a quarter of children and teens with chronic headaches are using too much over-the-counter pain medication. Of the 680 children between the ages of 6 and 18 studied, 22 percent overused pain relievers, according to the American Headache Society. David Rothner, the study's lead researcher, said he was "astounded by the large numbers of kids using over-the-counter medications."

"We are certainly surprised by the study's results," Rothner said, "but our findings have helped us better understand something well-known to parents everywhere: children cause headaches." Before this study, children had only been confirmed to cause headaches in their parents, teachers, and other adults. "Now, at last, we finally have proof that kids are so effective at causing headaches that they even give them to themselves and other children." Rothner said that future research will investigate how children cause other parental afflictions "like gray hairs and wrinkles."