Headache

All information about headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy

July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020

FOCUS Top Medicine 2020 Pain therapy, migraines, headaches, back pain

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 [...]

February 28, 2020 February 28, 2020

Migraine m/f/d

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 [...]

March 12, 2017 March 12, 2017

Our new clinic brochure

Dear reader, The new clinic brochure from the Kiel Pain Clinic has been updated and expanded. It is available for you to download here. The brochure has been supplemented with important innovations, such as information on the treatment process and [...]

December 30, 2016 December 30, 2016

Alcohol, hangovers, hangovers and delayed alcohol-induced headaches

The origin of the name “Tomcat” is not exactly clear. One explanation is based on the proximity to the term “catarrh”. In popular terms, this refers to a symptom complex of headaches, malaise and a feeling of illness. The origins are also discussed in connection with the term “cat whine” as a miserable feeling after an intoxication. This reflects the painfully plaintive nocturnal whining of tomcats in heat. In the student language of Goethe's time, the term “Kotzen-Jammer” is used, which aptly addresses nausea, vomiting, feeling ill, headaches including remorse and self-reproach for consuming too much alcohol.

May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016

Supply difficulties for sumatriptan auto-injector ended

Patients with cluster headaches and severe migraine attacks rely on the use of sumatriptan 6 mg using an auto-injector (pen). The active substance is dispensed from a cartridge using a ballpoint pen-like device at the push of a button.

April 24, 2016 April 24, 2016

TK Headache Coach relies on knowledge and personal responsibility

https://ecoach.tk.de/videos/kopfschrei/TKKC_Imagefilm_Final.mp4 TK-Headache Coach When the pain comes, you often quickly reach for the tablet - two out of three adults know this: they suffer from headaches from time to time and don't know what else they could do to [...]

March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016

Migraine and Headache Chat from March 14, 2016

Prof. Hartmut Göbel answers questions about migraines and headaches in a regular live chat for the self-help community headbook.me. Below you will find the questions and answers from the last live chat Robert March 14, 2016 at [...]

January 12, 2016 January 12, 2016

Headache live chat on January 12, 2016 with Prof. Göbel

Below you can read the results of the chat on January 12, 2016 with Prof. Göbel. This link leads directly to the chat group: Live chat with Prof. Göbel on January 12, 2016 Julia January 11, 2016 at 12:01 p.m. Hello Mr. [...]

September 30, 2015 September 30, 2015

Kiel Cluster Headache Conference: Care in Europe 2015

Greetings from Hermann Gröhe International headache researchers and those affected will meet from September 4th. to September 6th, 2015 in Kiel for the European Cluster Headache Conference 2015. The conference will take place under the patronage of Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, at [...]

May 21, 2015 May 21, 2015

The suffering of those suffering from pain: ZDFzoom May 20, 2015

In the ZDFzoom broadcast on May 20, 2015, Dr. Müller-Schwefe, President of the German Society for Pain Medicine, once again put his finger in the wound and pointed out the inadequate care of patients with chronic pain, the overloading of their bodies and the [...]

March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015

The new TK headache coach

Around two thirds of all adults in Germany suffer from headaches at times - the most common being tension headaches or migraines. In addition to drug therapy, the right preventive measures and pain management strategies improve [...]