Cluster Headaches

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resource

Headache Network Canada/Canadian Headache Society
Web Address: www.headachenetwork.ca
 

This Web site provides scientifically based information on the diagnosis and treatment of headache.


Organizations

American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)
19 Mantua Road
Mount Royal, NJ  08061
Phone: (856) 423-0258
Fax: (856) 423-0082
E-mail: achehq@talley.com
Web Address: www.achenet.org
 

The American Council for Headache Education is dedicated to advancing the treatment and management of headache and to raising the public awareness of headache as a valid, biologically based illness. ACHE's goals are to empower headache sufferers through education and to support them by educating their families, employers, and the public in general. ACHE was formed in 1990 through an initiative of the American Headache Society (AHS), an organization of 1,700 physicians, health professionals, and research scientists.


National Headache Foundation (NHF)
820 North Orleans
Suite 217
Chicago, IL  60610
Phone: 1-888-643-5552
E-mail: info@headaches.org
Web Address: www.headaches.org
 

The National Headache Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to three major goals: educating the public that headaches are serious disorders and sufferers need understanding and continuity of care; promoting research into potential headache causes and treatments; and serving as an information resource to sufferers, their families, and doctors who treat them. The NHF can provide lists of local doctors specializing in headache treatment. It also has a monthly newsletter and many pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the different headache syndromes.


Organization for Understanding Cluster Headache (O.U.C.H.) Canada
6867 Westmount Drive
Prince George, BC  V2N 6R5
Web Address: www.clusterheadaches.ca


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Author: Douglas Dana
Ralph Poore
Last Updated: August 14, 2006
Medical Review: Renée M. Crichlow, MD - Family Medicine
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology
Seymour Diamond, MD - Neurology

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