Job Opening at NCCIH for a Social and Behavioral Science Researcher
In this blog post, Dr. Wendy Weber, of NCCIH’s Division of Extramural Research, welcomes researchers to apply for a career in health science administration. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 31, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Source Type: news
June 4th Lecture to Explore Pain Treatment in Military and Veteran Populations
On Monday, June 4, at 11 a.m., Mary Jo Larson, Ph.D., M.P.A.will discuss “Caring for Our Military: Considering Nondrug Therapies for Pain.” Part of NCCIH’s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series, her talk will take place on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, and will be streamed live and archived for later viewing at videocast.nih.gov. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 30, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Blog Team Source Type: news
NIH study explains why opioid therapy may not always work well for chronic pain
Researchers have shown that pain-induced changes in the rat brain ’s opioid receptor system may explain the limited effectiveness of opioid therapy in chronic pain and may play a role in the depression that often accompanies it. These findings clearly show the impact of chronic pain on the brain and its relation to depression. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Pain-Induced Changes in the Brain ’s Opioid System May Explain the Limited Effectiveness of Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain
Animal research suggests pain-induced changes in the brain ’s opioid receptor system may explain the limited effectiveness of opioid therapy in chronic pain; these changes also may play a role in the depression that often accompanies chronic pain. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Next Steps for Research on Probiotics and Microbial-Host Keystone Organisms
Could discoveries aboutprobiotics and the microbiome eventually help us to eat healthier, live longer, and even eliminate some chronic diseases? (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Neural Mechanisms of Manual Therapies for Chronic Pain
In this blog post, Dr. Merav Sabri, of NCCIH’s Division of Extramural Research, discusses the scientific basis for manual therapies and their use in treating chronic pain conditions, and also addresses an NCCIH-sponsored symposium about this at ICIMH on May 11, 2018. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Merav Sabri, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Targeting and Developing Your Clinical Research Proposal
Apply for an NCCIH grant for research involving human participants? If you’re attending the ICIMH meeting, plan to attend this Pre-Congress Workshop: “Honing Your Clinical Research Proposal for NIH and NCCIH Funding Opportunities” (on Tuesday, May 8, at 2 p.m.). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 4, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Source Type: news
ICIMH Roundtable To Explore Research on Creative Art Therapies
Many current health challenges such as autism, chronic pain, and Alzheimer ’s disease have remained largely intractable. Research suggests that a combination of therapeutic approaches will likely be needed to address these complex conditions. Creative art therapies may have a role to play in these multidisciplinary strategies. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Symposium To Explore Science of Music, the Brain, and Health
Can music help people feel better? Many of us would like to say, “Of course it can.” But what does the research say? The fact is that rigorous, systematic investigation of the impact of music on health —particularly in the areas of management of chronic pain and treatment of opioid-use disorder—is just beginning. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Unpacking the New NIH Policies for Research with Human Participants
Scientific disciplines can differ on what elements of a study are necessary to meetthe definition of a “clinical trial.”Some investigators conducting human subjects research may not know that NIH considers their study to be a clinical trial - - a term defined broadly by NIH as “a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biom (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 27, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Anita McRae-Williams, M.A. Source Type: news
Symposium To Explore " Sixth Sense, " Meditation, and Pain
Have you ever thought about what our “sixth sense” is? Can we feel it and regulate it? Does it impact our health? (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 26, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wen G. Chen, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Looking Back, Looking Forward: NCCIH at 20
In this blog post, NCCIH Outreach Program Manager Anita McRae-Williams discusses some milestones in NCCIH history, and calls attention to an upcoming retrospective session at the upcoming International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 26, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Anita McRae-Williams, M.A. Source Type: news
How People Appraise a Heat Stimulus Affects How Their Autonomic Nervous Systems Respond To It, Study Finds
Results of new NCCIH research shows how a person perceives and evaluates stimuli involving actual or prospective pain is an important component in the autonomic nervous system ’s (ANS) response to such stimuli. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 25, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
New Insights on Pain and Opioid Use in People With Sickle Cell Disease After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
NIH-funded study offers new information on pain in sickle cell disease, the use of opioids for this pain, and psychological and quality-of-life challenges faced by people with this disease. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Certain Kratom-Containing Powder Products by Viable Solutions: Recall -Possible Salmonella Contamination
Viable Solutions is recalling Kratom-containing powder products due to potential Salmonella contamination. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 20, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
