Media Advisory: Lecture to explore health care transformation through the VA ’s patient-centered model
What: Tracy W. Gaudet, M.D., inaugural executive director, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will present on “Transforming Veterans’ Health: Implementing a Whole Health System of Care.” (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - November 14, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
More adults and children are using yoga and meditation
[em]Nationwide survey reveals significant increases in use of mind and body approaches[/em]Information in this press release on yoga, meditation, and chiropractic relates to new data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - November 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
National Survey Reveals Increased Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractic Care Among U.S. Adults
New National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data show rising use of yoga, meditation, chiropractic by U.S. adults. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - November 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
National Survey Reveals Increased Use of Yoga and Meditation Among U.S. Children
New NHIS data show higher use rates of meditation, yoga by U.S. children. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - November 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Dr. Tracy Gaudet To Speak on Health Care Transformation in the VA ’s Patient-Centered Model
In the 2018 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Tracy Gaudet will address the VA’s new Whole Health System, a new initiative to deliver personalized, proactive, and patient-centered care to U.S. veterans. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 25, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Blog Team Source Type: news
New Report Reflects NCCIH Research Interest in Emotional Well-being
In this blog post, Dr. Emmeline Edwards discusses an NIH/NCCIH research initiative to advance the study of emotional well-being. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 17, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Last Call: Opportunity to Provide Input to NIH for Back Pain Consortium Research Program by October 18, 2018
Given our Center ’s longstanding interests in funding rigorous research of complementary and integrative health approaches for pain, we are enthusiastic about a potential new translational research initiative that will address the need for effective and personalized therapies for chronic low back pain – the NIHBackPain ResearchConsortium(BACPAC). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 16, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Source Type: news
Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury
NIH-funded research raises possibility of designer treatments for common form of pain.New research suggests the PIEZO2 gene may play an essential role in the nervous system ’s reaction to injury and inflammation, making it a target for developing precise treatments for relieving pain caused by cuts, burns, and other skin injuries. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 10, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
PIEZO2 Ion Channel Presents New Target for Pain Research
New NCCIH-supported research suggests the PIEZO2 mechanoreceptor is essential for light touch detection after injury in mice and humans, and that PIEZO2 antagonists may provide a new avenue for relieving a variety of chronic pain conditions. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 10, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
NIH research projects to track activities of gut-derived metabolites
This press release describes NCCIH research awards to scientists studying possible links between gut microflora and the transformation of dietary compounds into substances known as metabolites. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 10, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
New Study Links Mindfulness, Brain Changes, and Pain Sensitivity
People who are naturally more mindful report less pain and show lower activation of a specific region of the brain in response to an unpleasant heat stimulus, according to a new study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). The study, conducted by researchers from Wake Forest University and collaborating institutions, was published in the journalPain. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - October 4, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
Interaction with Evidence-based Guidelines a Featured Topic in October 5th Advisory Council Meeting
In this blog post, Dr. Partap Khalsa highlights key presentations and concepts to be discussed at the October 5, 2019 meeting of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D. Source Type: news
New Grants To Study Behavioral Interventions for Opioid Addiction and Recovery
Overdose deaths, opioid misuse, addiction to prescription opioids or to illicit drugs such as heroin, and chronic pain management are tough problems that are often related to each other. Together, they form a daunting public health crisis that is of great concern and significance to many in the United States, including the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and much of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 20, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Robin Boineau, M.D. Source Type: news
NIH announces awards for behavioral research on OUD prevention and treatment
This press release provides information about NCCIH research awards to study the impact of behavioral interventions for primary or secondary prevention of opioid use disorder (OUD) or as complements to medication-assisted treatment (MAT). (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - September 19, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news
