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Current information on interdisciplinary conferences on migraine and headache research, migraine and headache diagnostics, migraine and headache therapy, treatment and therapy of chronic pain

August 10, 2021 August 10, 2021

CLUSTER HEADACHES 2021 – September 11, 2021 in Kiel

The anniversary congress marking the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) e.V. Suicide headache, orphan of medicine, nameless headaches: These terms reflect a time when the medical care system barely knew about cluster headaches, did not diagnose them, and [...]

October 1, 2016 October 1, 2016

The new migraine app

The migraine app documents the course of migraines and headaches with active data entry. It reports aggregated information from the data set, thus supporting both patients and their doctors in monitoring progress and treatment success, as well as adjusting therapy. The migraine app includes comprehensive reporting, information, and self-help tools.

August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014

Migraine Health Academy

Many people with migraines have heard this saying before: "Everyone gets a bit of a headache now and then." Or: "Most people just imagine they have migraines; it's not a real illness." No [...]

June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014

“I have chronic migraines”

Migraine is a neurological disorder. Most sufferers show no outward signs of the illness unless you encounter them during an acute attack. Migraine, especially chronic migraine, is not a simple headache, but one of the most severe pain conditions that can afflict people. Women are particularly affected. It's not just the typical, usually one-sided, stabbing, throbbing, pulsating headaches that are present – ​​the entire body is affected. Sometimes the attack begins with aura symptoms, and sufferers also experience nausea and/or vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, sensitivity to light and noise, social isolation, and depression. Migraine is an independent primary disease and not a symptom of another illness! Sufferers are neither unwilling to work, mentally ill, nor are they seeking attention. They simply expect not to be discriminated against due to prejudice. Three sufferers describe their experience...

May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014

NDR DAS! May 31st, 6:45 PM Migraines and Headaches

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPgzgulzIsw Saturday, May 31, 2014, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 5:15 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. More than 70 percent of all Germans suffer from headaches; 900,000 people complain of daily migraine attacks, and 100,000 of them [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Göbel receives the German Pain Prize 2014

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 [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Käßmann: Pain and death are a reality of life

Käßmann advocates for a humane approach to pain and mortality. Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 – “Pain and death in Luther’s worldview and what we can learn from it” was the theme of the special [...]

March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014

DGS Practice Guideline: Primary Headache Disorders

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 [...]

February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014

Center for Rare Headache Disorders

Among the 363 main headache diagnoses currently classified, in addition to the common conditions of migraine and tension-type headache, are a number of very rare headache disorders. These include, in particular, episodic and chronic cluster headache (CK), which [...]

February 1, 2014 February 1, 2014

Development of medication overuse headache

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 [...]

January 2, 2014 January 2, 2014

Migraine app update 2014 for iPad and iPhone

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. [...]

December 12, 2013 December 12, 2013

How Richard Wagner hid the secret of his migraine in the opera Siegfried

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 [...]

November 5, 2013 November 5, 2013

Migraine and Headache Masterclass 2013

Recognized by the Schleswig-Holstein Medical Association with 10 continuing education credits, Category A: Diagnosis and therapy of chronic migraine and headache disorders. A continuing education event of the nationwide headache treatment network and the Migraine and Headache Center at the Kiel Pain Clinic. Time: [...]

September 12 ,

East shore round on 23.9.13 for medical care

On Monday, September 23, 2013, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the East Bank Roundtable on the topic of medical care on the east bank of Kiel will take place at the Kiel Pain Clinic, Heikendorfer Weg 9-27, 24149 Kiel, Seminar Room II. The organizer is [...]

August 29, 2013 August 29, 2013

Continuing education update on pain therapy, August 31, 2013

Continuing Education Event: Pain from Head to Toe – Update 2013 – Dear colleagues, the Kiel Pain Clinic cordially invites you to an interdisciplinary continuing education event on the topic of “Pain from Head to Toe. Update 2013” ​​on Saturday, August 31, 2013. [...]