All information about headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy
Göbel et al. examined headaches after COVID-19 vaccinations in a recent study with 18,544 participants. Depending on the vaccine, the headaches occurred at different times and with varying intensity. On average, headaches began 12 hours [...]
What is pain? Is there good and bad pain? Is it good to endure pain? All this and much more explains Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel from the Kiel Pain Clinic in the SWR Nachtcafe interview.
According to the current study "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021", published on March 14, 2024 in Lancet Neurology, migraine is [... ]
Migraine: What types are there? How frequently does it occur? How do migraines occur? How do you treat seizures with medication? What is the practical practical application of acute medication? What new medications are available for [...]
Migraine and headache medicine: Graduates of Kiel University celebrate their academic master's degree. Certificates are handed over and farewell to the 2023 graduates Friday, November 10, 2023 at 5:00 p.m., lecture hall of the old children's clinic. Welcome and opening Prof. Dr.med. Dipl.-Psych. Hartmut [...]
Are you female, suffer from headaches and are between your first and last period (between menarche and menopause), i.e. before menopause? Then you are cordially invited to take part in this scientific study. Headaches/migraines and [...]
1) What are the risk factors for chronic migraines? The central risk factors are reduced quality of life and high levels of suffering caused by migraines. A poor effect of acute medication, overuse of painkillers and triptans as well as comorbidities such as depression, [...]
Numerous brain areas relevant to the pathophysiology of migraine, the cranial vascular system, the dura mater and the dorsal horn of the spinal cord express estrogen receptors. This allows painful stimuli to be modulated. Migraine attacks can occur in relation to the menstrual window [...]
How do you distinguish the symptoms of migraines in children from those in adults? Approximately 5% of children suffer from migraines up to the age of 10. Migraine attacks in children are often not recognized in a timely manner. They differentiate [...]
The German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) published the practice guideline “Primary Headache Disorders” for the first time in 2014. The aim of the practice guidelines is to provide practical, practical instructions and assistance for the diagnosis and treatment of primary headaches in the area of [...]
Skipping breakfast is not a good diet idea. An energy deficit in the morning hours can trigger migraine attacks, as studies have shown. But eating late can also lead to hunger and obesity. A new study in [...]
Guiding principles of specialized migraine care with CGRP monoclonal antibodies Migraine is a very common, severely disabling primary headache disorder. With its over 48 subtypes, it is one of the particularly complex neurological diseases. Epidemiological studies prove their high prevalence [...]
The consequences of excessive alcohol consumption are a long-known phenomenon in human history. The painful consequences are already described in the Bible in the book of Isaiah 5:11: "Woe to those who are up early in the morning, [...]
How do corticoids affect vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 for migraines, cluster headaches and other headaches? Therapy with prednisolone and other corticoids ("cortisone"), for example for the treatment of status migraenosus, cluster headaches or for the treatment of rebound headaches during a [...]
A new study by the Kiel Pain Clinic on 825 patients with cluster headaches shows: Cluster headaches can occur with considerable clinical variability. The inter- and intra-individual variability of the phenotype may contribute to the clinical headache phenotype being determined by [...]
Due to a recommendation from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) on March 15, 2021, the federal government suspended corona vaccinations with AstraZeneca as a precautionary measure. Further investigations were necessary. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) examined whether and how the new findings affect the [...]
Berlin, August 19, 2020. More than one in eight young people in Germany (12.8 percent) suffers from a doctor-diagnosed headache - 15 percent of girls and almost 11 percent of boys. This is a result of the headache report that [...]
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel Migraines and headaches are a widespread disease. They either put a strain on you. Or you at least know a lot of people around you who suffer from headaches. Even small children can often [...]
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Göbel, head physician at the Kiel Pain Clinic, is one of Germany's top doctors in the field of pain therapy according to the editorial team of Focus Health based on an independent assessment. The [...]
Generations of students have struggled with the problem that a word can have a different gender in different languages. The assignment to female, male or objective gender often seems rather arbitrary. A typical [...]
