The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre has just released a report about its work on non invasive nerve stimulation for cluster headaches. This involved use of the gammaCore hand held device produced by the US company electroCore.  The research was conducted with OUCH's patron and chairman Professor Peter Goadsby and in collaboration with OUCH (UK).  For more information, please click the button below:

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We're delighted to announce the 2021 OUCH (UK) Virtual Conference. It will take place on Zoom on Sunday 5th December 2021, 12pm - 4.30pm.

This is a free event for members with a £5 fee for non-members.

Find out more and book your place now!

As part of this ongoing study, the next phase (our lab-based study) has now opened for recruitment.  We are currently looking for volunteers  (UK-only) aged 18-65  with chronic pain  conditions who would be willing to travel to the University of Warwick Campus (based in Coventry) to take part.

This lab-based study aims to understand the roles that mental defeat and mental victory have in underpinning different experiences of chronic pain.  If you agree to take part, you will be invited to attend a test session with one of the researchers at the University of Warwick Sleep and Pain Laboratory located at the main Central Campus (Coventry). 

The test session typically takes no longer than 2.5 hours. As a thank you for your...

Cumbria Headache Forum - Cluster Headache - 7th October

We would like to invite patients as well as medical professionals to join us for the next Headache Forum which is dedicated to management of cluster headache. It will provide insight into pathophysiology of the condition, pharmacological management and neuromodulation.

Programme:

• 1:30pm Warm welcome (Chair) - Dr Jitka Vanderpol
• 1:35pm Cluster Headache - Dr Manjit Matharu
• 2.15pm Cluster Headache Management in Community Headache Clinic - Siobhan Jones
• 2.45pm Injectable Treatments...

We now offer another super easy way to donate to OUCH (UK) with our latest text giving service*.  Here's how to do it:

To donate £1, text OUCH to 70201
To donate £3, text OUCH to 70331
To donate £5, text OUCH to 70970
To donate £10, text OUCH to 70191

* Fundraising, payments and donations will be processed and administered by the National Funding Scheme, operating as DONATE, a charity registered in England and Wales (1149800) and Scotland (SC045106). In addition to any text donation, you will incur your standard network message charge (based on your...