Research – Page 6 – Kiel Pain Clinic

October 22, 2010 October 22, 2010

Risk factor for migraine discovered in genetic makeup

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]

June 1, 2010 June 1, 2010

The risk check for chronic pain

Are you at risk for chronic headaches? Download the headache risk check for chronic headaches here. Normally, pain warns us of danger. Pain motivates us to defend ourselves against damage and to take targeted, sensible action [...]

May 29, 2010 May 29, 2010

Radio consultation: Headache and migraine

The Competence Network provides clear guidelines: Headache is a complex condition. However, thanks to numerous studies over the past ten years, we know more and more about how headaches develop and how they can be treated preventively. The [...]

May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010

Help with implantation-related damage

A supra-regional network of physicians helps with implant complications: ZIES Frankfurt offers comprehensive diagnostics and therapy for implant complications, inflammation, and pain in the head and neck area for the first time. Founded in May 2010, ZIES (Center for Implant Complications, Inflammation, Pain) is headquartered [...]

February 14, 2010 February 14, 2010

Migraine and pain therapy of the future

Integrated care is described as "the care model of the future." Behind this term lies a simple yet highly effective approach: the various service areas of the healthcare system—outpatient, inpatient, and rehabilitative care [...]

September 19 ,

New! 5th edition: Successfully combating migraines

The patient guide "Successfully Combating Headaches and Migraines" by Prof. Hartmut Göbel will be published in October 2009 in its fully updated 5th edition. Chin up – because you can do something yourself to combat headaches and migraines! [...]

June 16, 2009 June 16, 2009

Therapy chat at the Kiel pain clinic after discharge

Sustainable behavioral change in patients with chronic pain is central to modern pain therapy. What is learned should be implemented in everyday life and practiced continuously. […]

March 17, 2009 March 17, 2009

Prof. Fumihiko Sakai visits pain clinic

Professor Fumihiko Sakai, President of the Japanese Neurological Society and President of the Asian Headache Society, visited the Kiel Pain Clinic from March 1st to 2nd, 2009. In Asia, the treatment of headache disorders is still [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

New treatments for migraines: CGRP antagonists

CGRP antagonists: The successors of triptans? Dr. Axel Heinze, Dr. Katja Heinze-Kuhn and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel, Neurological-Behavioral Pain Clinic Kiel (https://schmerzklinik.de) The introduction of sumatriptan in migraine therapy from 1991 onwards not only decisively changed migraine treatment, [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Birth defects and topiramate

The antiepileptic drug topiramate has also proven effective in preventing migraines. A study described in the scientific journal "Neurology" shows that taking topiramate during pregnancy increases the risk of migraines [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Migraine and breast cancer

Does migraine lead to a reduced risk of breast cancer? An American study (Li et al., 2008) suggests that women with migraine have a reduced risk of breast cancer. The study examined 3,000 women. [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Energy-saving light bulbs and migraines

Increased sensitivity to light is one of the defining characteristics of migraine. Severe migraine attacks occur behind closed blinds and in darkness. Bright light, flickering, strong contrasts between light and dark, and other light effects can trigger migraine attacks. [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Vitamin B2 and folic acid in the prevention of migraines

As early as the 1990s, Jean Schoenen's research group from Belgium described how high-dose riboflavin, a B vitamin, can have a similar efficacy in preventing migraines as beta-blockers. A recent study [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Headache care in the future

What should the care of migraine and headaches look like in the future? Would you like to contribute your ideas and vision to the future care of migraine and headache patients? Do you have ideas about how [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Heart attack, stroke and migraine

New study: Migraine increases risk of heart attack and stroke. If migraine with aura is present and certain gene combinations are in place, the risk of stroke and heart attack in women can be increased by a factor of 2 [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Endurance sports and migraines

There are many ways to reduce the frequency and severity of migraine attacks through behavioral changes. Exercise in the fresh air and endurance sports are important options. Individual case studies can help to illustrate the importance of recreational sports and [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Climate factors and headaches

The journal Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, published on March 10, 2009, that heat and low air pressure increase the risk of triggering headaches. However, air pollution has no significant effect on [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Migraines increase the risk of stroke during pregnancy

A recent American study (published on the British Medical Journal website, March 11, 2009) describes how women who suffer from migraines have an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy. This increased risk exists [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Cluster headache: Nameless pain

Cluster headache is one of the most severe pain disorders known to humans. It is characterized by sudden, unimaginably intense attacks of pain lasting 15-180 minutes, occurring on one side of the head, in the eye area, forehead, or temple. The frequency can be up to eight attacks per day. [...]

March 14, 2009 March 14, 2009

Why coffee withdrawal causes a headache

Rapid blood flow and changes in brainwave patterns as the cause: Coffee is the most socially accepted drug. Kiel (pte/05.05.2009/06:10) – Caffeine stimulates the body, but can also be addictive and causes headaches and fatigue when the [...]