Now nitric oxide plays a dual devil

New Italian research links migraine and endometriosis (a condition in which tissue that's like the uterine mucous membrane occurs randomly in the pelvis). What the heck could headaches and random mucous membrane tissue growing in the pelvis have in common?

"'We don't really understand the link between the two conditions although some biochemical mediators have been implicated. It is possible that systemic spreading of prostaglandins [medical dictionary says: powerful proteins with a 32-line explanation that seems to say they're related to non-normal changes in tissue] produced by endometriosis may contribute to migraine and it has also been shown that upregulation or disregulation [which means it doesn't adapt to changed conditions] of nitric oxide synthesis has a role in both migraine and endometriosis. But the association between the two conditions requires further research.'

Well, that's a mouthful. Looks like the only thing they can tell for sure is that they have nitric oxide in common--along with hundreds of other functions in the body. But at least there's a correlation between these two seemingly random occurrences that might lead to some pre-dawn insight. Bless our research scientists...