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Continuing education

All information on continuing education and conferences on headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy

October 5, 2025 October 5, 2025

Now in its 10th edition: Successful treatment for headaches and migraines

Renowned headache expert Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel provides information on the types and causes of headaches and migraines, as well as modern diagnostic options and treatment methods, including alternative therapies. Furthermore, those affected receive important information and valuable tips on what [...]

June 18, 2024 June 18, 2024

Treatment of migraine attacks during pregnancy

How can migraine attacks be treated during pregnancy? Mild migraine attacks during pregnancy should be treated non-medicinally through minimizing stimuli, rest, relaxation, and ice packs. Metoclopramide can be used throughout pregnancy to treat nausea and vomiting [...]

February 18, 2024 February 18, 2024

NEW: Hartmut Göbel: Headaches. 4th edition, 2024

Hartmut Göbel: Headaches - Causes, Mechanisms, Diagnosis, Therapy. 4th edition, 2024. ISBN 978-3-662-68872-4. This standard work on migraines, headaches, facial pain, and neuralgia comprehensively presents the current state of knowledge regarding their causes, diagnosis, and modern therapy.

January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023

10 questions about preventing chronic migraines

1) What are the risk factors for migraine becoming chronic? Key risk factors include reduced quality of life and high levels of suffering caused by migraine. Poor effectiveness of acute medication, overuse of painkillers and triptans, and comorbidities such as depression, [...]

July 31, 2022 July 31, 2022

SDRIFE or Baboon Syndrome

Symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema (SDRIFE or baboon syndrome) in migraine therapy. Symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema (SDRIFE), formerly also called baboon syndrome, is characterized by a [...]

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Information session on May 27th at 5 pm about the new Master's program in Migraine and Headache Medicine

An information session about the planned part-time Master's program in Migraine and Headache Medicine at Kiel University will take place via Zoom on Thursday, May 27th at 5 pm. Details about the program can be found at https://zww-kiel.de/migraine-headache-medicine. [Link to the information session]

January 30, 2021 January 30, 2021

Master of Migraine and Headache Medicine (MMHM): Academic degree program at the University of Kiel

Successful launch of the part-time academic Master's program at Kiel University: Master of Migraine and Headache Medicine (MMHM) The part-time academic Master's program Master of Migraine and Headache Medicine (MMHM) at Kiel University started in the winter semester [...]

November 27, 2020 November 27, 2020

Information on vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2

Preparations for vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 are currently underway. The vaccinations are scheduled to begin on December 15, 2020, with staff at hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. Subsequently, other hospital staff will be vaccinated. Hospitals [...]

February 28, 2020 February 28, 2020

Migraine (m/f/d)

Generations of students have struggled with the problem that a word can have different genders in different languages. The assignment to feminine, masculine, or neuter often seems rather arbitrary. A typical [...]

July 23, 2017 July 23, 2017

Master of Headache Disorders University of Copenhagen

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), headache disorders rank third among the most disabling diseases in humans. The demand for highly qualified specialists in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of headaches is constantly increasing. The University [...]

March 12, 2017 March 12, 2017

Our new clinic brochure

Dear Reader, The new clinic brochure for the Kiel Pain Clinic has been updated and expanded. It is available for download here. The brochure now includes important new information, such as details on the treatment process and [...]

June 9, 2016 June 9, 2016

Why pain has been excluded from medicine

Pain is part of the conscious inventory of our lives. The experience of pain is immediately apparent to the perceiver through perception [1,2]. Every child, every sentient being, knows from their own experience what pain is. An explanation, a [...]