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Is VIP36 a Possible Alternative to Opioids for Pain Management?
Recent research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that VIP36 could be a promising, ...
MARCH 31, 2025
NIH Ends Study of Tecovirimat as Mpox Pain Treatment
The NIH has halted a study testing tecovirimat as a treatment for patients with mpox after the drug showed no ...
JANUARY 27, 2025
NIH Native American Research Initiative to Focus on Substance Use and Pain
Overdose death rates in the United States are highest among American Indian and Alaska Native people.
AUGUST 22, 2024
Can Acupuncture Alleviate Chest Pain?
To answer the question whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain, researchers at the University of Illinois ...
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Law Enforcement Seizures of Pills Containing Fentanyl Spike
The seizure of pills containing fentanyl by U.S. law enforcement has increased markedly over a four-year period.
APRIL 6, 2022
NIH Offers Nearly $10 Million to Accelerate Development of Neuromodulation Therapies
The National Institutes of Health has launched the first phase of the Neuromod Prize, a $9.8 million competition to ...
JANUARY 31, 2022
Cannabis Funding Growing Exponentially, but Mostly in the U.S.
Funding granted to medical cannabis research has grown immensely over the past two decades, but not evenly, ...
DECEMBER 24, 2020
NIH Center to Collaborate on Development of Pain Drug
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development ...
OCTOBER 30, 2020
NIH Primer Stresses Importance of Including Sex As a Biological Variable in Pain Studies
Including sex as a biological variable in pain research is crucial to rigor and reproducibility, according to a ...
AUGUST 15, 2018
Public–Private Partnerships Seen to Boost Nonaddictive Analgesic Development
In the $1.3 trillion budget appropriation signed by President Donald J. Trump in March is approximately $3.6 billon ...
JULY 30, 2018
The NIH Announces New Research Initiative to Fight Opioid Addiction
The National Institutes of Health recently announced a new set of research priorities in efforts to combat the ...
JUNE 22, 2018
21st Century Cures Act Draws Concern Over Possible Lowered Clinical Standards
The bill authorizes $500 million in funding for the FDA, $4.8 billion in funding for the NIH and $1 billion in ...
DECEMBER 13, 2016
