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Current information on events related to migraine and headache research, migraine and headache diagnostics, migraine and headache therapy, treatment and therapy of chronic pain

June 2, 2015 June 2, 2015

The healthcare system must be there for pain patients

Today is a nationwide day of action against pain at over 500 locations in Germany, and a free patient hotline (0800-18 18 120) is available. Kiel/Berlin, June 2, 2015. "The healthcare system should be there for pain patients, not the other way around," demands the [...]

December 3, 2014 December 3, 2014

Lecture on migraine, December 17th in Kiel: Women's meeting of the working group for the promotion of the hearing impaired

The women's group of the Association for the Promotion of the Hearing Impaired in the Greater Kiel Area is hosting a lecture on "Current Treatment Options for Headaches and Migraines," to which men are also warmly invited. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel from [...]

September 25, 2014 September 25, 2014

Headaches in children and adolescents

Today, science distinguishes 363 headache diagnoses. Three headache types are particularly significant: Migraine pain arises from a so-called neurogenic inflammation of the blood vessels (veins) of the meninges. Certain neurotransmitters are released there, causing local inflammation. [...]

August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014

Migraine Health Academy

Many people with migraines have heard this saying before: "Everyone gets a bit of a headache now and then." Or: "Most people just imagine they have migraines; it's not a real illness." No [...]

May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014

NDR DAS! May 31st, 6:45 PM Migraines and Headaches

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPgzgulzIsw Saturday, May 31, 2014, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 5:15 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. More than 70 percent of all Germans suffer from headaches; 900,000 people complain of daily migraine attacks, and 100,000 of them [...]

April 18 ,

CSG eV, pain clinic and TK project nominated for the Achse-Central Prize

The nominations for the 2014 achse-central prize have been announced. Among them is the joint project "Nationwide Network Against Trigeminal Autonomous Cephalgia" by the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) e.V., the Kiel Pain Clinic, and the Techniker Krankenkasse (a German health insurance company). It is [...]

April 7, 2014 April 7, 2014

ARD Fact 8.4.: Headaches – a common ailment

Migraines and other chronic headaches are the most common cause of pain problems in humans. In recent years, extensive studies have therefore been conducted on their impact on quality of life, loss of work capacity, the occurrence of comorbidities, and [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Göbel receives the German Pain Prize 2014

25th German Pain and Palliative Care Day: Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel awarded pain prize – German Advancement Award for Pain Medicine goes to Kiel Frankfurt, March 21, 2014 – For his commitment to the care of migraine and headache patients, the [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Käßmann: Pain and death are a reality of life

Käßmann advocates for a humane approach to pain and mortality. Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 – “Pain and death in Luther’s worldview and what we can learn from it” was the theme of the special [...]

March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014

Prof. Spitzer: Pain and Loneliness

Neuroscientific findings by Ulm brain researcher Spitzer, Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 – When people suffer from pain or loneliness, the same nerve cells are activated in the brain. This is one of the study results presented by Ulm brain researcher Professor [...]