Current press information on migraine and headache research, migraine and headache diagnostics, migraine and headache therapy
Göbel et al. examined headaches after COVID-19 vaccinations in a recent study with 18,544 participants. Depending on the vaccine, the headaches occurred at different times and with varying intensity. On average, headaches began 12 hours [...]
What is pain? Is there good and bad pain? Is it good to endure pain? All this and much more explains Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel from the Kiel Pain Clinic in the SWR Nachtcafe interview.
How to treat migraine attacks during pregnancy? Mild migraine attacks during pregnancy should be treated non-medication by means of isolation, rest, relaxation and ice packs. For nausea and vomiting, metoclopramide can be used throughout pregnancy [...]
According to the current study "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021", published on March 14, 2024 in Lancet Neurology, migraine is [... ]
Hartmut Göbel: Headaches - causes, mechanisms, diagnostics, therapy. 4th edition, 2024. ISBN 978-3-662-68872-4. The standard work on migraines, headaches, facial pain and neuralgia comprehensively conveys the current state of knowledge about their causes, diagnostics and contemporary therapy.
The migraine app received a comprehensive update 2.3.2 (2128) on December 9th, 2023. Many new functions have been added. The migraine app has been expanded to include numerous additional services. The documentation of the course and the success of the therapy was expanded. The data [...]
Migraine: What types are there? How frequently does it occur? How do migraines occur? How do you treat seizures with medication? What is the practical practical application of acute medication? What new medications are available for [...]
Migraine and headache medicine: Graduates of Kiel University celebrate their academic master's degree. Certificates are handed over and farewell to the 2023 graduates Friday, November 10, 2023 at 5:00 p.m., lecture hall of the old children's clinic. Welcome and opening Prof. Dr.med. Dipl.-Psych. Hartmut [...]
The DGN German Media Prize 2023 was awarded at the opening event of the 96th Congress of the German Society for Neurology. The award went to a print article by Nadja Katzenberger on the subject of migraines and a TV article by Anna Schubert [...]
Numerous brain areas relevant to the pathophysiology of migraine, the cranial vascular system, the dura mater and the dorsal horn of the spinal cord express estrogen receptors. This allows painful stimuli to be modulated. Migraine attacks can occur in relation to the menstrual window [...]
The German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) published the practice guideline “Primary Headache Disorders” for the first time in 2014. The aim of the practice guidelines is to provide practical, practical instructions and assistance for the diagnosis and treatment of primary headaches in the area of [...]
Guiding principles of specialized migraine care with CGRP monoclonal antibodies Migraine is a very common, severely disabling primary headache disorder. With its over 48 subtypes, it is one of the particularly complex neurological diseases. Epidemiological studies prove their high prevalence [...]
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Göbel, chief physician at the Kiel Pain Clinic, is one of Germany's top doctors in the field of pain therapy in 2022 according to the editorial team of Focus Health based on an independent assessment. [...]
Migraines occur two to three times more in women than in men. Migraines are the most common cause of disability in women ages 15 to 49. It has a much more significant impact on the [...]
An hour for vaccination is more happiness than a lifetime's worth of pride
The anniversary congress on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) eV Suicide headache, orphan of medicine, headache nameless: The names testify to the time when the medical care system hardly knew cluster headache, did not diagnose it and [ ...]
How do corticoids affect vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 for migraines, cluster headaches and other headaches? Therapy with prednisolone and other corticoids ("cortisone"), for example for the treatment of status migraenosus, cluster headaches or for the treatment of rebound headaches during a [...]
A new study by the Kiel Pain Clinic on 825 patients with cluster headaches shows: Cluster headaches can occur with considerable clinical variability. The inter- and intra-individual variability of the phenotype may contribute to the clinical headache phenotype being determined by [...]
Press release from STIKO from March 30, 2021: "The task of STIKO is to continuously evaluate all scientific data on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines and to derive recommendations from it. This of course also applies when new findings on the [...]
Berlin, August 19, 2020. More than one in eight young people in Germany (12.8 percent) suffers from a doctor-diagnosed headache - 15 percent of girls and almost 11 percent of boys. This is a result of the headache report that [...]
