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- Former Surgeon General Discusses Stress and Well-being at 2017 Straus Lecture September 21, 2017Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., delivered 2017 Straus Lecture on the public health consequences of stress on Americans. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)MedWorm Message: Have you tried our new medical search engine? More powerful than before. Log on with your social media account. 100% free.
- How To Select the Right FOA for Fall 2017 Human Subjects Grant Applications September 21, 2017If you are planning to submit a grant application that includes human subjects to NCCIH this fall, we want to help you select the best funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to use. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
- Welcoming New Projects and Partners to Address Pain in the Military Population September 21, 2017I am proud to announce NIH ’s newest interagency research initiative on pain management in military service members and veterans. NCCIH, lead for this multi-agency initiative called the NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory, is contributing more than half the funding for these 12 projects to develop, implement, and test nondrug approaches for managing pain and its related conditions […]
- Excess dietary manganese promotes staph heart infection September 21, 2017(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Too much dietary manganese -- an essential trace mineral found in leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts -- promotes infection of the heart by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. The findings, reported this week in Cell Host& Microbe, add to evidence that diet modifies risk for infection and suggest that people who […]
- Yoga Improves Sleep In People Being Treated For Cancer September 20, 2017People receiving chemotherapy are often plagued by insomnia at night and excessive drowsiness during the day. But a new study in the journal Cancer suggests that yoga can help. Breast cancer patients in the study who practiced at home at least twice a week reported better sleep quality over time, compared to those who practiced […]
- Gadget Island, Inc. Dba Gear Isle Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dietary Supplements Due to Undeclared Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. September 20, 2017Newark, CA, Gadget Island, Inc. is voluntarily recalling to the consumer level. The products have been found to contain undeclared Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients sildenafil, desmethyl carbodenafil and tadalafil. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)MedWorm Message: Have you tried our new medical search engine? More powerful than before. Log on with your social media account. 100% free.
- Federal agencies partner for military and veteran pain management research September 20, 2017Joint HHS-DoD-VA initiative will award multiple grants totaling $81 millionU.S. agencies partner on research that focuses on nondrug approaches for pain management in military personnel and veterans; NCCIH is the lead for this multi-agency initiative. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
- Medical News Today: Does CBD oil work for chronic pain management? September 20, 2017CBD oil has become popular for pain treatment. We look at how it works, how it is used, and the benefits and risks of using CBD oil for pain management. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
- Describing the holistic toxicokinetics of hepatotoxic Chinese herbal medicines by a novel integrated strategy: Dioscorea bulbifera rhizome as a case study - Wang LL, Zhao DS, Shi W, Li ZQ, Wu ZT, Li P, Li HJ. September 19, 2017It is vital to monitor the holistic toxicokinetics of toxic Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) for safety. Although an integrated strategy based on the area under the curve (AUC) has been proposed to characterize the pharmacokinetic/toxicokinetic properties o... (Source: SafetyLit)
- Lady Gaga Has Postponed Her Tour Because of Her Fibromyalgia. Here ’s What to Know About the Painful Disorder September 18, 2017This article originally appeared on Health.com (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)