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New release 2017: On the freedom to feel pain

Burkhart Bromm, Jörn Henning Wolf (eds.) - New publication May 2017 - ON THE FREEDOM TO FEEL PAIN With contributions by Ralph Adolphs, Burkhart Bromm, Antonio Damasio, Falk Eippert, Hartmut Göbel, Jürgen Lorenz, Christoph von der [...]

Migraine app nominated for dfg Awards 2017

The dfg Award is the industry prize for the healthcare sector. It is awarded annually for the most innovative ideas and developments in healthcare and is therefore also known as the "Healthcare Oscar." It is presented by the "dfg – Service for Social Policy" [...]

Our new clinic brochure

Dear reader, The new clinic brochure from the Kiel Pain Clinic has been updated and expanded. It is available for you to download here. The brochure has been supplemented with important innovations, such as information on the treatment process and [...]

Migraine app for iOS and Android

The migraine app is now available for free download on the Google Play Store for Android. Radio Podcast - The Migraine App: Application and Scientific Analysis. Embedded in [...]

Cluster headache – those affected and their relatives find words

Our native language doesn't recognize it: cluster headache. Cluster headache is one of the most severe pain disorders known to humankind. 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 is [...]

Phonophobia and migraine

"Now be quiet already!" - Of course, it's pure wishful thinking that the little ones in kindergarten will heed this request from their teacher for more than a brief moment. Parents picking up their children often wonder [...]

Alcohol, hangovers, hangovers and delayed alcohol-induced headaches

The origin of the name “Tomcat” is not exactly clear. One explanation is based on the proximity to the term “catarrh”. In popular terms, this refers to a symptom complex of headaches, malaise and a feeling of illness. The origins are also discussed in connection with the term “cat whine” as a miserable feeling after an intoxication. This reflects the painfully plaintive nocturnal whining of tomcats in heat. In the student language of Goethe's time, the term “Kotzen-Jammer” is used, which aptly addresses nausea, vomiting, feeling ill, headaches including remorse and self-reproach for consuming too much alcohol.

The new migraine app – the service page

The migraine app documents the course of migraines and headaches with active data entry. It reports back aggregated information from the data set and thus supports patients and the attending physicians in monitoring progress and success as well as adjusting therapy. The migraine app contains extensive reporting, information and self-help tools.

Why pain has been excluded from medicine

Pain is part of the conscious inventory of our lives. The experience of pain is immediately apparent to the perceiver through perception [1,2]. Every child, every sentient being, knows from their own experience what pain is. An explanation, a [...]