By virtue of hormones, women are much more troubled by headaches and migraine than men. As a world renowned centre of excellence on hormones and migraine we are arranging an information day on hormonal headaches affecting women. More than half of all women who have migraine notice a link to their period, but how does that affect how you treat it? How do you deal with menstrual migraines, migraine attacks during pregnancy and whilst breastfeeding or during the menopause? These are some of the topics that will be covered on the day.
We will also provide lunch and snacks throughout the day. To cover the costs of this day we are charging £25, including the refreshments. For details of the speakers and the registration form please see this leaflet.
Programme:
9.30 Welcome & Coffee
10.00 ‘What’s the link between hormones and headaches – from puberty to menopause’
11.00 Medication overuse headache
12.00 Lunch break
13.00 Headaches in pregnancy
14.00 The Pill for migraine?
15.00 Roundup and tea & coffee
The City of London Migraine Clinic – a registered medical charity founded in 1980 – provides access to a team of doctors with a specialist interest in the management of migraine and other headaches. We offer outpatient appointments to all patients from the UK and abroad by prior arrangement. We are the only independent migraine charity who provides treatment for primary headaches. We receive no government funding, but work with PCTs and hospitals to help reduce waiting times and improve care for headache sufferers. The feedback we receive speaks for itself, with 90% of patients stating the service they receive from us is ‘excellent.’
Research into the causes of migraine and other headaches is also undertaken. Standard treatments for migraine as defined by the International Headache Society have resulted from our studies. Our findings are fundamental to the advice given by the NHS, various migraine charities and the British Association for the Study into Headaches. We continue to study drug and non-drug treatments for migraine at the Clinic in peer reviewed clinical trials. Patients may be given the opportunity to try new treatments in a clinical study. We ask our patients to consider taking part in current or future trials, but there is no obligation and the care we provide is not affected in any way.
