All information on migraine research, migraine diagnostics, migraine therapy, headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy
September 5th, 2012 is International Headache Day. On this occasion, we remind you of the most important rule for the medication-based treatment of headaches, the "10-20 rule". The overuse of painkillers for headaches [...]
The Cluster Headache Competence Center at the Kiel Pain Clinic and the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) eV held events on August 10th and 11th, 2012 at the Kiel Pain Clinic, Heikendorfer Weg 9-27, 24149 Kiel, as part of the 3rd .Kieler [...]
This year's www.headbook.me forum meeting will take place on the last weekend in July 2012. Details can be found in the organization group. Since many participants are already arriving on Friday, July 27, 2012, the meeting begins - as always [...]
A global collaboration of scientists, including a research team from the Kiel Pain Clinic, has identified four new gene loci whose alterations significantly increase the risk of migraines. These recent discoveries provide important new insights [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[media id=41] Today, medicine distinguishes between over 250 different types of headaches. Approximately 90 percent of patients suffer from migraines and tension headaches. But there are also rare forms of headache. This includes the so-called [...]
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 [...]
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]
By Dr. Axel Heinze, Dr. Katja Heinze-Kuhn and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel: Patients who wanted to fill their triptan prescriptions at a pharmacy as usual from September 1, 2010, experienced some unpleasant surprises. [...]
