New Research Career Development Funding Opportunity for Complementary and Integrative Health Clinician-Scientists
In this research blog, Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses career development pathways for clinician-scientists and a new career development funding opportunity in partnership with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 18, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news
FDA alerts consumers not to use products distributed by Years to Your Health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerts consumers not to use any products made by Years to Your Health of Irving, Texas due to the risk for potential serious infections. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 17, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Defining the Prevalence of Chronic Pain in the United States
This Research Spotlight highlights new data suggesting that in 2016 nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults had chronic pain and 8 percent had high-impact chronic pain (pain that limited at least one major life activity). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 13, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Yoga for Pain
This issue of NCCIH Clinical Digest offers information on yoga and certain pain conditions. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 13, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Lifestyle Interventions May Limit Weight Gain During Pregnancy in Overweight or Obese Women
In a new study, behavioral lifestyle intervention programs that focused primarily on diet and physical activity limited weight gain during pregnancy in overweight or obese women. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 7, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
A Note on NCCIH Activities Related to Music, Health, and Child Development
In this research blog, Dr. Emmeline Edwards discusses an upcoming FOA that promotes research on music and health. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 6, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D. Source Type: news
NIH study broadens understanding of High Impact Chronic Pain in the US
Researchers have demonstrated that disability is as likely in the chronic pain population as it is in those with kidney failure, emphysema or stroke. This is the reality for 11 million U.S. adults with High Impact Chronic Pain (HICP), a new concept that describes those with pain lasting three months or longer and accompanied by at least one major activity restriction. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 5, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
NIH names Dr. Helene Langevin director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Helene M. Langevin, M.D., C.M., named director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 29, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Media Advisory: Lecture to explore the impact of nature on health
Information about an upcoming lecture by Dr. Gregory Bratman titled “Nature Contact and Human Health: A Multimethod Approach. ” (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 28, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Institutional Training Programs for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers
In this blog post, Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses institutional training programs supported by NCCIH including T32 programs and one T90/R90 program. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 20, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Understanding the Influence of the Experimental Setting on Pain Ratings
In this NCCIH-funded study, researchers suggest the experimental setting influences how study participants assess painful stimuli; these findings may help researchers design studies to better understand the mechanisms involved in chronic pain. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 20, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Two-Day Workshop to Focus on Strengthening Natural Products Research
In this blog post, Dr. Craig Hopp addresses an upcoming natural products clinical trials workshop scheduled for September 13-14 at NIH in Bethesda, Md. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 17, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Exploring Pediatric Research at the Recent Advisory Council Meeting
In this blog post, acting NCCIH deputy director Dr. Wendy Weber discusses information shared at a recent NCCIH mini-symposium, “Pediatric Complementary and Integrative Health. ” (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 15, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Source Type: news
Prevalence and Profile of High Impact Chronic Pain
Almost 11 million U.S. adults have “High Impact Chronic Pain”—that is, pain that has lasted 3 months or longer and is accompanied by at least one major activity restriction, such as being unable to work outside the home, go to school, or do household chores. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - August 9, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Highlighting Recent NCCIH Pain-Research News: Part 2
In this blog post, Acting NCCIH Director Dr. David Shurtleff discusses highlights from the 2018 symposium, “From Science to Society: At the Intersection of Chronic Pain Management and the Opioid Crisis”& invites people to attend a one-day pain symposium co-sponsored by NCCIH on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in advance of the World Congress on Pain. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 26, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: David Shurtleff, Ph.D. Source Type: news
