A headache may not be ‘just a headache’
The World Headache Society, which promotes headache medicine, urges clinicians and the general public to pay attention to headaches. NEWS UPDATE : AT AYURPATHY BLOG World Headache Society (WHS), a global body formed in 2020 to promote headache medicine, teaching and advocacy, has recently started operations in India. It introduced a one-year certification course for clinicians treating headaches, earlier this year, which had more than 300 doctors from across the world, and 150 from India, enrolling. Set to launch a two-year course in 2022, which will be in a hybrid format — combining online and offline training — the WHS plans to tie up with other medical societies in India, to promote a better understanding of headaches, its study and treatment. Dr Pravin Thomas, the founder and chairman of WHS and Headache Neurologist at Narayana Health in Bengaluru, says with the launch of the WHS Academy, there has been an increased interest in headache medicine education in the...