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Electronic health file: TK shows new perspectives

 Kiel, February 4, 2019. Technician health insurance (TK), together with the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) and the Pain Clinic Kiel, is launching digital discharge management. In the future, TK insured persons will receive their discharge report immediately after a hospital stay [...]

Interview with Prof. Göbel: Migraines in children

How often do migraines appear in children? 73.9 percent of seventh graders complain about primary headaches. The most common forms are migraines and headache from the tension type. Almost 50 % of those affected report symptoms of migraines [...]

Prevent migraine attacks with immunotherapy

The diseases headache and migraine not only affect the lives of those affected, but also cause economic damage. Newly developed antibodies intervene specifically in the molecular development process of migraines and can therefore preventively reduce the likelihood [...]

Migraine Awareness Week 2018 – Migraine Awareness Week 2018

The first week of September is used internationally to educate people about migraines in order to raise awareness of the great importance of the health problem. Prejudices and stigmas should be reduced. Prof. Hartmut Göbel answers current questions about migraines, their effects [...]

EU Commission approves approval for erenumab (Aimovig)

July 30, 2018. The migraine immunotherapy with the active ingredient erenumab (Aimovig) can now also be sold in the EU. The US approval was initially given in May 2018, followed by approval in Switzerland in July. Now the [...]

The world's largest study on the genetic basis of brain diseases: Migraine as a complex neurological disease shows significant molecular connections with both neurological and psychological symptoms

Cambridge MA, USA, Kiel, June 22, 2018. In the most comprehensive international collaboration to date on the molecular-genetic basis of diseases of the central nervous system, the international research consortium with the participation of scientists from the Kiel Pain Clinic discovered genetic [...]

Doc Esser: Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Esser meets headache patients

Headaches are a common problem. 54 million people in Germany are affected. Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Esser meets headache patients. During his visit to the Kiel Pain Clinic, he found out about, among other things, the causes of migraines and headaches, [...]