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Dr. Harald Müller was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Christian Wulff. Dr. Müller has been the Chairman of the Federal Association of Self-Help Groups of [...] since its founding
Are you at risk for chronic headaches? Download the headache risk check for chronic headaches here. Normally, pain warns us of danger. Pain motivates us to defend ourselves against damage and to take targeted, sensible action [...]
Meeting for former patients: The desire to organize an update weekend for all former patients was frequently expressed. What has proven successful? What's new? [...]
The Competence Network provides clear guidelines: Headache is a complex condition. However, thanks to numerous studies over the past ten years, we know more and more about how headaches develop and how they can be treated preventively. The [...]
A supra-regional network of physicians helps with implant complications: ZIES Frankfurt offers comprehensive diagnostics and therapy for implant complications, inflammation, and pain in the head and neck area for the first time. Founded in May 2010, ZIES (Center for Implant Complications, Inflammation, Pain) is headquartered [...]
Integrated care is described as "the care model of the future." Behind this term lies a simple yet highly effective approach: the various service areas of the healthcare system—outpatient, inpatient, and rehabilitative care [...]
The patient guide "Successfully Combating Headaches and Migraines" by Prof. Hartmut Göbel will be published in October 2009 in its fully updated 5th edition. Chin up – because you can do something yourself to combat headaches and migraines! [...]
Cindy McCain's speech at the International Headache Congress: Cindy McCain, the wife of 2007/2008 US presidential candidate John McCain, publicly advocated for the concerns of [...] at the 2009 International Headache Congress in Philadelphia (USA)
Sustainable behavioral change in patients with chronic pain is central to modern pain therapy. What is learned should be implemented in everyday life and practiced continuously. […]
How do hip hop and the topic of organ donation fit together? Hamburg rapper Bo Flower demonstrated this at the organ donation dialogue hosted by the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Health and the TK health insurance company on April 27, 2009, at the Kunsthalle in Kiel. [...]
Kiel Pain Clinic and TK win ideas competition Kiel, March 24, 2009. The Kiel Pain Clinic and the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance company were jointly awarded a prize yesterday (March 23) in Berlin at the “Healthcare Industry Ideas Park 2009” competition. The Kiel care model [...]
The nationwide integrated care concept, the first nationwide coordinated headache treatment network of the Pain Clinic and the Techniker Krankenkasse (a German health insurance company), wins the “Healthcare Industry Ideas Park 2009” competition. The Financial Times Deutschland has now held the “Healthcare Industry Ideas Park” competition for the fourth time. Companies, institutions [...]
Professor Fumihiko Sakai, President of the Japanese Neurological Society and President of the Asian Headache Society, visited the Kiel Pain Clinic from March 1st to 2nd, 2009. In Asia, the treatment of headache disorders is still [...]
Kiel Pain Clinic Receives Visitors from Tanzania During their stay in Germany at the invitation of the Protestant partner parishes of Kiel-Dietrichsdorf and Schönkirchen, Pastor Jubilant Anthony Ngowi and three other parishioners from the village of Uchira in the East Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania visited [...]
CGRP antagonists: The successors of triptans? Dr. Axel Heinze, Dr. Katja Heinze-Kuhn and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel, Neurological-Behavioral Pain Clinic Kiel (https://schmerzklinik.de) The introduction of sumatriptan in migraine therapy from 1991 onwards not only decisively changed migraine treatment, [...]
The antiepileptic drug topiramate has also proven effective in preventing migraines. A study described in the scientific journal "Neurology" shows that taking topiramate during pregnancy increases the risk of migraines [...]
Does migraine lead to a reduced risk of breast cancer? An American study (Li et al., 2008) suggests that women with migraine have a reduced risk of breast cancer. The study examined 3,000 women. [...]
Increased sensitivity to light is one of the defining characteristics of migraine. Severe migraine attacks occur behind closed blinds and in darkness. Bright light, flickering, strong contrasts between light and dark, and other light effects can trigger migraine attacks. [...]
Welcome to the new website of the Kiel Pain Clinic! The team at the Kiel Pain Clinic is delighted to present our brand-new, up-to-date website! The new site features: clear and easy navigation, a bright design, [...]
As early as the 1990s, Jean Schoenen's research group from Belgium described how high-dose riboflavin, a B vitamin, can have a similar efficacy in preventing migraines as beta-blockers. A recent study [...]
