Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches

Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches

The Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches (O.U.C.H.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists cluster headache sufferers and their families by providing information and emotional support. O.U.C.H. also supports and participates in research and communicates with the medical and pharmaceutical communities with the goal of improving diagnosis and treatment of cluster headaches.

The UK equivalent, Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache or OUCH (UK), is a registered charity.

History

O.U.C.H. was incorporated in Texas on December 9, 1999.

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