All information about headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy
As part of the Day of Action against Pain, the German Pain Society eV is calling on clinics and pain therapy facilities on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 to bring the central health issue of pain therapy more to the public. The [...]
Patients insured with BKK health insurance who suffer from migraines, headaches, and neuralgia can now receive even better medical care. The BKK Contractual Working Group NORD (BKK-VAG NORD) and the Kiel Pain Clinic have established the contractual framework for coordinated care for [...]
The standard work on headaches, migraines, and neuralgia. Headaches are the number one health problem. Over 250 different primary diagnoses are currently distinguished. This work comprehensively and uniquely on the German market describes the classification and diagnosis of all [...]
By Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel, new publication April 2012, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. A throbbing, pounding, and knocking in the head. Every movement intensifies the agony. Migraine is one of the most significant widespread diseases worldwide. It causes severe disability, significant limitations in [...]
In the new, fully updated 6th edition (2012), Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel informs you about the forms and causes of modern diagnostic possibilities, behavioral strategies for prevention, modern medications, and alternative treatment methods. Compiled for you: all current therapies, addresses of [...]
Acetylsalicylic acid should not be taken during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy unless medically necessary. This is due to the increased risk of miscarriage and birth defects. New studies now show that even [...]
(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 pain clinic Kiel was awarded the Genofutura Award 2011. [...]
Paroxysmal hemicrania manifests as headache attacks with the same pain characteristics and accompanying symptoms as cluster headaches. However, the attacks are shorter in duration, occur much more frequently, predominantly affect women, and respond reliably to [...]
Approximately 10-15% of all Europeans suffer from migraines. Recent research suggests, among other things, a link between migraines and a common heart defect, a 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 Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-I) in 1988, chronic migraine was not among the 165 listed diagnoses. 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 not responded adequately to prophylactic migraine treatments or [...]
An increase and intensification of headaches due to overuse of painkillers or triptans must always be suspected when acute medication is required on 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 [...]
Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel and the team at the Kiel Pain Clinic have developed a new interactive online headache calendar for you. It is designed to help migraine and headache patients to specifically monitor the course of their headache condition [...]
Statistically, almost 17,000 employees are absent from work every day in German companies due to headaches and migraines. According to its latest health report, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance company alone recorded over 300,000 days of absence in 2010 [...]
Those suffering from migraines, headaches, back pain, and other chronic pain are particularly interested in knowing where to find targeted help locally. Prof. [...] has developed a new guide to a modern healthcare landscape
What is headbook.me? What can headbook.me offer? Sharing knowledge and information and benefiting from the experiences of others is very easy today with social networks. In recent years, a variety of social [...]
As another contractual partner in the integrated care program, BKK Gesundheit has joined the nationwide integrated care concept for migraines, headaches and facial pain, as well as cranial neuralgia, of the Kiel Pain Clinic and Techniker Krankenkasse. […]
First risk factor for widespread migraine forms discovered in the genome [media id=36] Kiel, Cologne, Ulm – August 31, 2010. Scientists from the Kiel Pain Clinic and the University of Cologne/Ulm, in collaboration with [...], have discovered a risk factor for widespread migraine forms in the genome for the first time [media id=36]
