Headache is one symptom of migraine; nausea and vomiting, abdominal distress, vertigo
and fever are others. Perceptual alterations are also associated with migraine: photophobia …

Population surveys have revealed that an estimated 9% of men, 16% of women, and 3 to 4%
of children suffer from migraine. 1 Migraine is the headache disorder that has attracted most …

The nature and delivery of native medicine was studied among the Miskito Indians of
eastern Nicaragua. Two types of practitioners were interviewed: the curandero (herbalist) …

W1C rEare justified in assuming that headache has always been with Homo sapiens. The
symptom has found its way into myth and magic, story and song, theater and theology. It has …

Until the 1988 classification of headaches by the International Headache Society, the
various headache disorders were poorly defined, and migraine and tension-type headache …

The prevalence and pattern of primary headaches vary from country to country. Studies from
our country have identified a number of factors that impact on the pattern of headache in …

As part of a pilot study to determine the feasibility of a survey to detect major neurologic
diseases among rural populations in developing countries, it was possible to obtain data on …

This study was undertaken to determine the profile of migraine in Nigerian children, as
earlier reports on migraine from Africa dealt mostly with the adult population. Migraine …

At a recent meeting of the European Congress of Consciousness Studies in Gottingen,
Germany, I presented a talk focusing on my research on hallucinogens over the last 25 …