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The timing of migraine pain is not linked to vasodilation.1 The fact that vasodilatation in the absence of neurogenic inflammation is not painful makes it clear that vasodilatation is not sufficient, and may not be necessary, for migraine pain.

A South African doctor is changing the way specialists around the world think about migraine headaches.

The authors present the results of the elegant experiments of Lambert et al. as evidence supporting their claim that the trigeminovascular system does not require a peripheral sensory input to be activated.

A recent study has found that migraines and tension headaches are among the most common causes of lost work time in South Africa.

Although tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of primary headache, its pathophysiology is poorly understood.