Highlighting Recent NCCIH Pain-Research News: Part 1
In this blog post, Acting NCCIH Director Dr. David Shurtleff discusses NCCIH and NIH plans that focus on the opioid epidemic and problems with which it is often associated: pain; chronic pain; substance misuse and addiction; and mental health problems.   (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 25, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: David Shurtleff, Ph.D. Source Type: news

NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials
In this blog post, Dr. Catherine Meyers discusses new Pragmatic Clinical Trial (PCT) Demonstration Projects that have been funded within the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Catherine Meyers, M.D. Source Type: news

NIH expands program that conducts large-scale clinical trials in real-world settings
This press release addresses the National Institutes of Health ’s Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory and announces five new research awards; such research will help strengthen the relevance of research results to health practice. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 24, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

Pursuing a Research Career? Apply September 1 –November 15, 2018 for NIH Student Loan Repayment!
In this blog post Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses NIH Loan Repayment Programs for researchers. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 18, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news

Use of Natural Products by Children
Read this issue of NCCIH’s Clinical Digest to learn more about the use of natural products by children. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 18, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

One-Day Chronic Pain Symposium in Boston To Feature Researchers and Patients
I want to alert you to an exciting 1-day research symposium on chronic pain organized by the NCCIH Pain Working Group. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 11, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wen G. Chen, Ph.D. Source Type: news

Study Explores the Molecular Basis of Chronic Pain Following Nerve Injury
Researchers identifiy a key molecule, dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK), that controls pathways leading to chronic neuropathic pain following nerve injury. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - July 3, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

NCCIH Grantees: Using Administrative Supplements To Fund Additional Research on Pain or Opioid Use Disorder
Think of administrative supplements when you’re thinking of how to fund research projects. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 29, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Yisong Wang, Ph.D. Source Type: news

To K or Not To K?
Applying for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Development Award (or K award)? Read this for more information. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 27, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news

6 Things to Know About Travel-Related Ailments and Complementary Health Approaches
People planning to travel internationally are often interested in complementary or integrative health approaches for travel-related illnesses and conditions. Some of these approaches for travel-related health problems are promoted widely in advertising or marketed on the Internet. However, little of this information is supported by research evidence, and some of it is misleading or false. Here are 6 things to know if you are considering using herbal remedies, dietary supplements, or other complementary health approaches for travel-related ailments and  hazards. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 25, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

Travel-Related Ailments and Complementary Health Approaches
People planning international travel often ask their health care providers about the use of complementary or integrative health approaches for travel-related illnesses and conditions. Some of these approaches for travel-related health problems are promoted widely in advertising or marketed on the Internet. However, little of this information is supported by research evidence, and some of it is misleading or false. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 25, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

NIH launches HerbList, a mobile app on herbal products
[em]App offers easy access to scientifically backed information on herbs and herbal  products[/em]To help consumers navigate information about popular herbs and herbal supplements, the National Institutes of Health ’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health has launchedHerbList ™– an app for research-based information about the safety and effectiveness of herbal products. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 12, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

NIH Collaboratory Workshop Discusses Strategies for Future Pragmatic Clinical Trials
In this blog post, Dr. Catherine Meyers discusses a recent workshop on embedded pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of therapeutic A vs. B interventions and how they may help bridge the gap between evidence, practice, and policy. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 6, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Catherine Meyers, M.D. Source Type: news

NCCIH Welcomes Three New Members to Advisory Council
The National Institutes of Health ’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) welcomes three new members—with expertise in acupuncture, natural products, and mind and body approaches—to itsNational Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH). The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCIH, the lead federal agency for research on complementary and integrative health.  (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCIH Source Type: news

Job Opening at NCCIH for a 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 - June 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Source Type: news