All information on migraine research, migraine diagnostics and migraine therapy
By Pia Ersfeld. My mother calls. I have a migraine. Bad combination. We talk anyway. Well, she talks. But whatever. Her hairdresser has a friend whose sister-in-law also has migraines. And the sister-in-law of [...]
Approximately 50% of patients with more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months have medication-overuse headache (MOH) as an additional underlying cause for the increasing frequency of headache days, in addition to their original primary headache disorder. [...]
Nausea and vomiting are among the characteristic accompanying symptoms of migraine. Studies show that the absorption of analgesics is delayed during migraine attacks. This is thought to be caused by impaired gastric peristalsis during a migraine attack. From this derives the rationale [...]
Migraines and other chronic headaches are the most common cause of pain problems in humans. In recent years, extensive studies have therefore been conducted on their impact on quality of life, loss of work capacity, the occurrence of comorbidities, and [...]
New research findings document for the first time the complex headache profile | Richard Wagner suffered from severe migraines with accompanying neurological disorders | The main affliction of his life Kiel/London/Phoenix The composer Richard Wagner suffered from severe migraines for many years of his life [...]
25th German Pain and Palliative Care Day: Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel awarded pain prize – German Advancement Award for Pain Medicine goes to Kiel Frankfurt, March 21, 2014 – For his commitment to the care of migraine and headache patients, the [...]
Play video: click on image. Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 8:15 p.m. on SWR Television. Nausea, dizziness, racing headaches: Approximately eight million people in Germany suffer from migraines. "betrifft" will dedicate its Wednesday program to this topic, [...]
Approximately half of all primary school children experience headaches and migraines at school, at home, or during leisure time. Six percent of them have headaches once a week or more frequently. Without early intervention, [...]
The DGS Practice Guidelines are a project of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) and the German Pain League (DSL). Their purpose is to develop comprehensive research and analysis of available scientific data, as well as [...]
1. Try to reduce the stress in your life. Migraines are a neurological condition and are not caused by a stressful life. While excessive stress can certainly be a trigger, it is never the cause of migraines. [...]
ONS Service Material ONS Quick Guide - IPG ONS IPG Supine Position Emergency Instructions ONS IPG Prone Position Emergency Instructions For patients with therapy-resistant chronic migraine pain who do not respond adequately to other treatment methods, [...]
By far the most common cause of migraine occurring on 15 or more days per month, or of a mixed picture of migraine and tension-type headaches with 15 or more headache days per month, is [...]
Approximately 50% of patients with more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months have, in addition to their original primary headache disorder, medication overuse headache as a contributing factor to the increasing frequency of headache days per month [...]
At the beginning of the year, one sufferer wrote a letter to her migraine: Dear migraine, it is still very difficult for me to make "friends" with you in 2014, even though I realized again today that you [...]
The online community www.headbook.me facilitates in-depth networking and the exchange of experiences on all topics related to migraines and headaches. In the internet age, active self-help and independent information gathering are becoming increasingly important. Our healthcare system allows [...]
Our nationally and internationally popular migraine app for iPhone and iPad was updated at the beginning of the year to reflect the new iOS 7 and is now also available in an iPad version. [...]
On December 13, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new acute migraine therapy using magnetic stimulation. The procedure is known as "Cerena transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)." This is the first approval of a medical device [...]
Wedding photo of Cosima and Richard Wagner. The interview about the Wagner-BMJ article with Liliane Jolitz from the Lübecker Nachrichten. Lübecker Nachrichten: As a migraine expert, you are known far beyond Germany. Apparently [...]
Research: "Compulsive plague! Pain without end!" How Richard Wagner played out his Migraine in the Opera Siegfried Kiel/London, December 13, 2013. In a paper published in the Christmas edition of the British [...]
Kiel/London, December 12, 2013. Chronic migraine was the composer Richard Wagner's "main torment" of his life. Researchers at the Kiel Pain Clinic have now been able to demonstrate for the first time that his experience is reflected in his most famous works [...]
