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IHS grants now available

Apply today for the IHS Fellowship, IHC travel grants and new Allied Specialities Scholarship

13th Jan 2021

Presentations from the GMPS and 4th Mena Meeting now available for IHS members

The Global Migraine & Pain Summit, 4th Mena Meeting & 2nd Turkish African Meeting of Headache and Pain Management was held as a virtual congress…

11th Jan 2021

New member education video - headache in the emergency room

This new video by David Garcia Azorin of Valladoid University Hospital in Spain discusses management of headache in the ER including frequency and importance and…

5th Jan 2021

AHS annual meeting abstract submission open

Submit your abstract to AHS 2021

21st Dec 2020

The latest from the IHS

International Headache Society
@ihs_official Jan 19
In patients with exercise-induced headaches, intracranial disorders must be excluded before giving the diagnosis of primary exercise headache! To read more go to: ichd-3.org/other-primary-… #headache #ichd3matters #neurology
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International Headache Society
@ihs_official Jan 18
This paper - hot off the press - found that lockdown, despite the potential negative effects, improved #migraine disability! How's the lockdown affecting your headaches? #headache #COVID19 #neurology doi.org/10.1177/033310…
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