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EHF News
Newsletter of the European Headache Federation
E bulletin
Number 73, September 2011
11th SUMMER SCHOOL
OF HELLENIC HEADACHE SOCIETY
Organized by the
HELLENIC HEADACHE SOCIETY in Conjuction with EUROPEAN HEADACHE FEDERATION
“PRIMARY & SECONDARY HEADACHES”
15-­18 Septemper 2011
LEFKADA ISLAND, GREECE
The participants of the educational seminar will be awarded 15 international Continuous Medical Education credits by the European Accreditation Council of the UEMS
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ONE TO ONE S. A.
Tel.: +30 210 7254 383, 385,386 Fax: +30 210 7254 384
E-­mail: one2one@ath.forthnet.gr
Education in
Headache: a bridge
between Europe
and Middle East
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11th Summer School
of Hellenic
Headache Society
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The Enrico Greppi
Award 2012
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Ehf Memoirs
Amarcord.....
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The Journal of
Headache and
Pain
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What’s on
Calendar on
forthcoming
events on
headache
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The FrancoOriental Society
of Headaches
and Pains
Aims of the Society are:
•Build bridges between
practitioners researchers, and
scientists from France
and the Orient, based on the French
experience in screening and
management of pain.
• Promoting the sharing of
knowledge and experience
through interaction and synergy of
skills such as those acquired in the
various specialized departments
of hospitals in France..
• Establishing links between the
world and patients, informing them
through meetings to promote the
EHF news
patient’s indispensable
involvement and better
management of pain.
•Providing training for
practitioners, developing based on
the French experience, an education
dedicated to teachers’ training
(University degree, medical capacity,
specific training, etc…).
•Involving all disciplines and
professions who are forced to cope
with pains (physicians, nurses,
physical therapists, physiotherapists,
etc…) in order to develop a
comprehensive approach and
provide an adequate, efficient, and
sustainable solution.
The Franco-Oriental Society of
Headaches and Pains is at the
service of all medical facilities and
health institutions to increase
efforts and energize the various
ways to fight against the pain in
order to minimize the patient’s
suffering.
Info: www.sofoced.com
The editorial office
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EHF News: e-bulletin of the European Headache Federation
Education in Headache:
a bridge between Europe
and Middle East
European Headache Federation (EHF) and Sofoced
collaborated to the organization of the Headache chapter
at the 3rd International Congress of the Lebanese Society
of Neurology in Beirut earlier this month. The section
focused on 4 hot topics: the classification of headache
(D.Valade, France, President of the EHF), updated on the
treatment of Migraine (N. Mohsen. Lebanon),the clinical
picture and treatment of Cluster Headache (F. Antonaci,
Italy) and the treatment of Tension type headache (G.
Mouhanna France). A stimulating discussion involved a
large number of neurologist convoyed sharing option on
the different experience .
“A unique opportunity to share professional skill in
Neurology between Europe and Middle East where
Lebanon is a leading country as far as Health care and
respect of quality of life” the Lebanese Ministry of Public
Health said. Most of the interest of the participants was
dedicated to the practical issue of ideal treatment and
the real life treatment . “ Headache patients have the
right to access all symptomatic and preventive treatment
worldwide” Dr Fadi Abou-Mrad President of the
Lebanese Neurological Society said. Besides “Physicians
should have the opportunity to recognize primary and
secondary headache in order to avoid diagnostic pitfall
collaborating with the Order of physicians in the
education process” Prof. Antonaci added. The Middle
Est magic atmosphere that one can experience being in
Beirut and the superb organization of the event has
provided the best opportunity to lunch future
collaboration among participants from different country.
11th Summer School of
Hellenic Headache Society
Hellenic Headache Society and European Headache
Federation 2011 Summer School, 16-18 September,
Ionian Blue Hotel, Lefkada, Greece.
At the end of summer, this jointed Headache Summer
School, held in Lefkada Island, Greece, completed
successfully, with eighty-one participants. Headache
specialists from Greece, together with two foreign
speakers, Professor Messoud Ashina, Glostrup
University, Denmark and Professor Christian Lampl,
Linz University, Austria, constituted the faculty.
All participants, either training neurologists, or
primary care physicians were tested for new
acknowledgment obtained during the three-full-day
Summer School. The meeting venue was on Friday, the
16th September.
The president of the Lefkada Medical Society together
with the President of the Hellenic Headache Society
opened the frugal ceremony. Lessons started early in
the morning up to late afternoon (08.30-17.30) with an
one hour lunch break.
Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas (Greece)
The Editorial Secretariat
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The Journal of Headache and Pain
THE ITALIAN SOCIETY
FOR THE STUDY OF HEADACHES
ANNOUNCES
THE ENRICO GREPPI AWARD 2012
Vol. 12, n. 4 (2011)
New Issue Alert
In the current issue:
•Chronicling the June conundrum
by Paolo Martelletti
•Published
and
not
fully
published
double-blind,
randomised, controller trials with
oral naratriptan in the treatment
of migraine: a review based on the
GSK Trial Register by Peer Carsten
Tfelt-Hansen
•Migraine and restless legs
syndrome: is there an association?
by Paul R. Cannon & Andrew J.
Lamer
•Triptans attenuate capsaicininduced CREB phosphorylation
within the trigeminal nucleus
caudalis: a mechanism to prevent
central sensitization? by Dimos D.
Mitsikostas et al
•Recommendations for headache
service organisation and delivery
in Europe by T. J. Steiner et al
•Botulinum toxin type-A in the
prophylactic
treatment
of
medication-overuse headache: a
multicenter,
double-blind,
randomized,
placebo-controller,
parallel group study by Giorgio
Sandrini et al
•Polymorphisms of the SCN1A
gene in children and adolescents
with primary headache and
idiopathic
or
cryptogenic
epilepsy: is there a linkage? by
Irene Toldo et al
The Italian Society for the Study of Headaches
(SISC) announces the competition of the biennial
Enrico Greppi Award 2012. The award will be
granted to the best unpublished original paper
dealing with clinical, epidemiological, genetic,
pathophysiological or therapeutic aspects of
headache. The prize amounts to € 10,000 and is open
to researchers of all nationalities. The papers must
be submitted in accordance with the editorial
instructions of The Journal of Headache and Pain.
The winning article will be published ex officio in
The Journal of Headache and Pain within three
months of the Award presentation. The remaining
papers are considered as submitted to The Journal
of Headache and Pain and may be published after
undergoing the peerreviewing process. The Award
is endorsed by the European Headache Federation
(EHF) and the winner is invited to present the paper
at the 3rd European Headache and Migraine Trust
International Congress 2012 (EHMTIC), to be held
in London, UK on 20-23 September 2012.
Manuscripts should be sent by e-mail to the
President of SISC at sisc@sisc.it not later than 25
June 2012.
EHF MEMOIRS
Amarcord....
Memories of the past to help build
the action of present.
To update your data connect to:
www.ehf-org.org
•Headache and migraine during
pregnancy and puerperium: the
MIGRA-study by Elisabeth Volden
et al
•Epidural
blood
patch
for
refractory low CSF pressure
headache: a pilot study by Seren
Aalbaek Madsen et al
•Orbitofrontal
dysfunction
predicts poor prognosis in chronic
migraine with medication overuse
by Marian Gómez-Beldarrain et al
•Post-infectious
headache:
a
reactive headache? by Sanjay
Prakash et al
•Clinical outcome of a headachespecific
multidisciplinary
treatment program and adherence
to treatment recommendations in
a tertiary headache center: an
observational study by Charly Gaul
et al
damage
to
the
•Iatrogenic
mandibular nerves as assessed by
the masseter inhibitory reflex by
A. Biasiotta et al
•Headache during the airplaine
travel (“airplane headache”): first
case in Greece by
Dimitrios
Naoumis et al
•A transient third cranial nerve
palsy as presenting sign of
spontaneous
intracranial
hypotension by Antonio Russo
et al
•Familial neuralgia of occipital
and intermedius nerves in a
Chinese family by Yu Wang et al
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What’s on..
Panorama of national and
International congresses and courses
where Headache is an issue
Sapienza University of Rome
Academic Year 2011-2012
MASTER’S DEGREE IN HEADACHE MEDICINE
9th Edition
T
he Master in Headache Medicine is aimed at developing excellence among experts in this field of clinical
medicine. Its purpose is to promote and disseminate epidemiological, nosographic, genetic,
pathophysiological, diagnostic, social-health, clinical and therapeutic knowledge of headache, a disease that
has a considerable impact on the general population. This high-level post-graduate course will provide
successful applicants with the instruments necessary to make a modern evaluation of headaches that will allow
the correct management of affected patients. Course participants will be able to acquire multidisciplinary
competences that will enable them to relate to the problems of headache patients by means of the most wideranging, inter-cultural skills. The Master is included in the Global Campaign against Headache (GC), an
initiative in formal collaboration with WHO, and is endorsed by Lifting The Burden and the European Headache
Federation.
Admission
Registration
The Master in Headache Medicine is a one-year course of training in permanent excellence divided into two terms. Applicants must already have a
specialist degree on either one of the following disciplines: Medicine and
Surgery, Odontoiatry, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technologies, Biotechnologies or Psychology.
The Master in Headache Medicine is not compatible with any contemporary
academic course, excluding the High Formation Courses.
The official language is English.
One week after the deadline for the presentation of applications, the classification of the successful candidates will be displayed on the premises of
the Master’s Scientific Secretariat and publicised on the website
http://w3.uniroma1.it/headache. The registration must be completed by the
successful candidates in accordance with the instructions that can be found
on the website of the University www.infostud.uniroma1.it.
Duration and objectives
Cost
During the one-year course, the participants will be expected to acquire:
• a profound scientific and cultural understanding of headache medicine
ranging from a detailed knowledge of the disability caused by the disease
and its socio-economic impact, to its pathogenetic mechanisms, clinical
aspects, diagnosis and treatment;
• a good knowledge of the instrumental investigations supporting diagnosis;
• the skills necessary to allow complete autonomy in terms of patient management, and the design and performance of research protocols involving patients affected by headache and/or cranio-facial disorders.
The course is planned to start on 31 January 2012.
The cost of the Master is € 3,500, which must be paid in a single instalment at
the time of registration and not later than 28 February 2011. The application
form for the Master must be accompanied by a registration fee of € 35,00 and
a Stamp duty of € 14,62. In case of delayed payment there is an extra cost of
€ 60,00 within 60 days after due date amount of € 120,00 for payment after the
60th day. A fee of € 70,00 is forseen for final examination. The payment on the
whole can be performed online at the website http://www.uniroma1.it/
studenti/tasse/pagamenti.php. The Teaching-Scientific Council may assign
study grants, which may also be obtained from private or public companies,
or other bodies. Scholarships for GC will be available.
Training activities
Applications
The indispensable activities required cover the following disciplines:
Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Pharmacology,
Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacoeconomics, Medical Genetics, Public
Health, Internal Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuropaediatrics,
Neuroradiology, Neurotraumatology, Social Policies, Psychiatry.
The course consists of two basic modules and one advanced module. The lessons will be divided into four terms. Distance learning is available at request.
There will be an online test at the end of each term, and the final examination will precede thesis discussion.
Applications for admission must be sent to: Prof. Paolo Martelletti, Master in Headache Medicine, II School of Medicine, Sapienza University of
Rome, Via Vitorchiano 81, I-00189 Rome, Italy in such a way as to arrive by
15 December 2011. The application, which must contain the personal details
of the candidate (surname, name, date and place of birth) and bear his/her
handwritten signature, is to be accompanied by the following documents:
• a copy of a valid identity document;
• a degree certificate bearing the final mark, as well as a list of all of the
examinations taken and their marks;
• a curriculum vitae et studiorum containing: the title of the degree thesis,
as well as those of any post-graduate Specialisation, Master or Doctorate
theses, together with the date on which the degree was awarded and its
mark; a list of any other qualifications and certificates, including any certification regarding scientific, teaching and research activities that may
be considered useful for the purposes of admission.
Diploma
In order to be awarded the Diploma of Master, a student must have passed
the tests relating to the individual modules, passed the final examination,
and discussed the thesis.
Site
Secretariat
The teaching activities will take place on the teaching premises of the II School
of Medicine of Sapienza University of Rome, as well as in the clinical structures
referring to the Regional Referral Headache Centre at Sant’Andrea Hospital in
Rome.
For further details, please contact Dr. Valerio De Angelis, Master’s
Scientific Secretariat, School of Health Sciences, Sapienza University
of Rome, Via Vitorchiano 81, I-00189 Rome, Italy (Tel +39-06-33274631,
Fax +39-06-33274632, e-mail valerio.deangelis@uniroma1.it), or consult
the website http://w3.uniroma1.it/headache.
Director
Dean
Rector
Paolo Martelletti
Vincenzo Ziparo
Luigi Frati
20-23 September 2012
London, UK
Master in Headache
Medicine 2011-2012
EHMTIC 2012
European Headache and
Migraine Congress
Info: w3.uniroma.it/headache
Info: www.ehmtic2012.com
EHF News
Editor: F. Antonaci (Pavia, Monza)
Co-editor: M Vikelis (Athens)
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EHF Newsletter is published bimonthly by the European Headache
Federation, whose business offices are located at the Department of
Neurological Sciences “C. Mondino” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via
Mondino 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy (neuronet@me.com)
Purpose: EHF Newsletter, a European Headache Federation publication, is
dedicated to increasing physicians’ awareness by educating and informing
them as to what is going on in the field of headache in Europe.
This newsletter seeks to provide timely and accurate information from the
most knowledgeable sources. The newsletter is mailed to EHF members,
national drug companies and medical journalists in line with information
given by board members. The views expressed in the articles in EHF News
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the EHF and
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Unione Stampa Periodica Italiana
European Headache
Federation
Dominique Valade (France) — President
Rigmor Jensen (Denmark)— 1st Vice President
Dimos Mitsikostas (Greece)— 2nd Vice President
Zaza Katsarava (Georgia) General Secretary
Ivan Milanov (Bulgaria) — Treasurer
Fabio Antonaci (Italy) — Member at large
Cristian Lamp — (Austria) Member at large
Vera Osipova (Russia) — Member at large
Paolo Martelletti (Italy) — Editor in Chief JHP
Fabio Antonaci (Italy) - Past President
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Info EHF: www.ehf-org.org
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