All information about headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy
The standard work on headaches, migraines and neuralgia Headaches are the number one widespread disease. Today, there are over 250 different main diagnoses. This work describes comprehensively and unrivaled on the German market the classification and diagnostics of all [...]
by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel new publication April 2012, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg Hammering, throbbing and knocking in the head. Every movement increases the torment. Migraine is one of the most important widespread diseases worldwide. It causes severe disability, severe limitation of [...]
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel informs you in the new, fully updated 6th edition 2012 about forms and causes Modern diagnostic options Behavioral strategies for prevention Modern medications Alternative treatment methods Compiled for you: All current therapies Addresses of [...]
Acetylsalicylic acid must not be taken during the 1st and 2nd trimester of pregnancy unless absolutely necessary. The reason for this is the increased risk of miscarriages and malformations. New studies now show that [...]
(Gießen, November 24, 2011) On the occasion of the 2nd congress “Municipal Cooperation - Regional Future Management” on November 24, 2011 in Giessen, the integrated headache treatment concept including the regional and nationwide headache treatment network of the Kiel Pain Clinic was awarded the GenoFutura Award 2011. [...]
Paroxysmal hemicrania is manifested by headache attacks with the same pain characteristics and accompanying symptoms as cluster headaches. However, the attacks last for a shorter period of time, occur much more frequently, predominantly affect women and are absolutely reliable [...]
Around 10-15% of all Europeans suffer from migraines. Recent research suggests, among other things, a connection between migraines and a common heart defect, the patent foramen ovale (PFO, “oval hole”). A PFO is a small opening between [...]
When the International Headache Society published the first edition of the International Headache Classification (ICHD-I) in 1988, there was no mention of chronic migraine among the 165 diagnoses listed. The migraine [...]
The drug Botox® (botulinum toxin type A) was approved on September 23, 2011 for the relief of symptoms of chronic migraine in adults who have had an inadequate response to prophylactic migraine treatments or who have [...]
The increase and intensification of headaches due to overuse of painkillers or triptans must always be suspected when acute medication is required for more than ten days per month, regardless of the dose.
The members of our Migraine and Headache Network Headbook are meeting again this year. This time we're going on a mini-cruise (August 5-7, 2011) to Oslo. On the morning of August 5th From 9:00 a.m. there will be lectures on topics related to [...]
Self-medication of migraine attacks with over-the-counter triptans Since April 2006, Naratriptan as Formigran® 2.5 mg in small packs of 2 tablets can also be purchased from the pharmacy without a prescription. Formigran® has the same active ingredients as the [...]
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel and the team at the Kiel Pain Clinic have developed a new interactive online headache calendar for you. It is intended to help migraine and headache patients to specifically monitor the course of their headache [...]
Statistically speaking, almost 17,000 employees are absent from work in Germany every day due to headaches and migraines. According to its current health report, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) alone recorded over 300,000 days of absence in 2010 [...]
Anyone who suffers from migraines, headaches, back pain and other chronic pain particularly wants to know where targeted help can be found locally. As a new guide for a modern care landscape, Prof. [...]
What is headbook.me? What can headbook.me offer? Sharing knowledge and information and benefiting from other people's experiences is now very easy with social networks. In recent years, a variety of social [...]
As a further contractual partner for integrated care, BKK Gesundheit has joined the nationwide integrated care concept for migraines, headaches, facial pain, and cranial neuralgia of the Kiel Pain Clinic and the Techniker Krankenkasse. […]
Risk factor for widespread forms of migraine discovered in the genome for the first time [media id=36] Kiel, Cologne, Ulm – August 31, 2010. As part of an international cooperation, scientists from the Kiel Pain Clinic and the University of Cologne/Ulm, together with [...]
by Dr. Axel Heinze, Dr. Katja Heinze-Kuhn and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel Patients who wanted to redeem their triptan prescriptions at a pharmacy as usual from September 1, 2010, sometimes experienced an unpleasant surprise. So [...]
Panel discussion on the topic of “Pain and Sleep” with Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Zulley and Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Göbel on September 11th, 2010 in the town hall of Bad Godesberg On September 11th, in the town hall of Bonn-Bad [...]
