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App "Better Open With": Some users of the migraine app on Android are asking what to do if, when opening files (e.g., PDFs, mp3, wav, etc.) or links, the [...]

Even young children can suffer from migraines. However, the illness often manifests itself differently in them than in adults. "Young children are not yet able to precisely locate pain and [...]

In Germany, about two-thirds of students suffer from headaches. It's high time something changed! The initiators of the action day against migraines and headaches at the Dresden University of Technology (from left to right): Dr. Astrid [...]

Headaches are one of the most common symptoms that general practitioners encounter in their daily practice. In Germany, over 8 million people suffer from migraines within a single year. To help patients in the long term, [...]

BKK expert chat on the topic of migraines, Gütersloh, September 6, 2019. Migraine attacks are excruciating, often incapacitating sufferers for several days. What is the right treatment? What can be done to prevent them? These questions will be discussed in the expert chat next [...]

Frankfurt am Main and Kiel, September 4, 2019. Over 70% of students in Germany suffer from recurring headaches. Migraine attacks and tension-type headaches could often be prevented. This is the conclusion of the accompanying research [...]

Important change: The planned public patient day on September 21, 2019, has to be postponed due to current circumstances. A new date will be announced. ----------------------------------------------- Our joint patient information day of the Kiel Pain Clinic and the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) [...]

Modern therapy for migraines, headaches, and other pain disorders relies not only on medication but also incorporates behavioral medicine treatment methods. Numerous scientific studies confirm the effectiveness of specific relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation, [...]

Berlin, July 10, 2019. Cabinet approves draft Digital Healthcare Act – Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn: “Digital healthcare is patient-friendly.” Apps on prescription, interesting offers for online consultations, and the possibility of accessing the secure data network throughout treatment [...]

Kiel, June 13, 2019. Women are prescribed migraine medication far more often than men. This is shown by a recent analysis of the 2019 health report from the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance company. According to the report, almost five times as many women received specific medication last year [...]

Image: Silvio Rahr (Managing Director of Wir für Gesundheit GmbH) and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel (Chief Physician of the Kiel Pain Clinic). The Kiel Pain Clinic is a new partner of the growing, cross-institutional quality network "Wir für Gesundheit" (We for Health). The network comprises more than 230 [...]

For over ten years, we have been conducting the "Stop the Headache" program, developed by Heide Denecke and Birgit Kröner-Herwig, in an outpatient setting in close cooperation with Techniker Krankenkasse (a German health insurance company). Building on this, we developed a [...]

On May 2, 2019, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) adopted the benefit assessment of erenumab in accordance with Section 35a of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V). A considerable additional benefit was derived from the submitted data only for adult patients, which did not [...]

The third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) is now available digitally in German. The digital ICHD-3 makes it much easier to understand the structure and content of the current classification. The practical [...]

What role do triggers play in migraines? The word trigger means trigger. It's like a gun. When you press the trigger, the shot goes off. A small event triggers a complex process. The [...]

According to today's knowledge, the migraine pain is based on a neurogenic inflammatory reaction on the arteries of the brain skin. Inflammatory substances are released there in the initial stage of the migraine attack. These lead to an increased sensitivity to pain of the brain skin with swelling and expansion [...]

Accompanying word for the book by Dr. Martin Leonhard: "Success factors of my Kiel Migraine case" Headache are the people's disease No. 1, headache from the tension type and migraines are the most common neurological diseases of humans. Within a year are in [...]

According to Erenumab (Aimovig®) on November 1, 2018, the second antibody Galcanezumab (EMGALITY®) will also be available for migraine prophylaxis in Germany on April 1, 2019. Galcanezumab has been approved in the EU since November 2018. The [...]