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Check out NIH's upcoming webinars in the month of October.

American Pain Society grant manager, Susan Vogel, shares the benefits of diversifying revenue sources.

NINDS in collaboration with NCI, NIAAA, NIBIB, NIDCR, NIDA, NIGMS, NINR, NCCIH, and OBSSR will be holding a workshop entitled, Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers to Develop Non-Addictive Therapeutics for Pain.

The FDA has awarded a contract to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to help advance the development of evidence-based guidelines for appropriate opioid analgesic prescribing for acute pain resulting from specific conditions or procedures.

The FDA recently announced it plans to withdraw a 2014 guidance document for developing pain medicines in favor of a more focused approach to promote nonopioid drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its final Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has developed and released the Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

According to Robert Saner of the Pain Care Coalition (PCC), the House and Senate leaderships are trying to push an opioids package through before, and not after, the upcoming House recess for the mid-term elections.

Dr. Monroe, associate professor in The Ohio State University College of Nursing, has been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million R01 grant from The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA).

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took new steps as part of its broader efforts to address the opioid crisis by approving the final Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).

NIH Director Francis Collins provides an update on the HEAL initiative.

Early Career Advisory Group Chair, Steve Davidson, shares how to write and present a successful abstract.

Scientific Program Committee Chair, Luda Diatchenko, invites you to the 2019 Scientific Meeting in Milwaukee.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces a funding opportunity for mid-career health professional or a behavioral and social scientist with an interest in health and health policy.

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Bill Nelson introduced legislation this week to allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in the 31 states that have established medical marijuana programs.

A study by NIH focusing on High Impact Chronic Pain (HICP) was recently published in The Journal of Pain.

After more than two years since the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its National Pain Strategy, and a year since announcing its Federal Pain Strategy the American Pain Society said today it is pleased and encouraged by significant progress that is occurring as a result toward achieving the goal of increased funding of pain research grants for both basic scientific and clinical studies..

Canadian researchers publish important findings about fibromyalgia patients participating in online acceptance commitment therapy in The Journal of Pain.

Illinois recently legalized medical cannabis as a substitute for prescription pain killers. APS Director-at-Large, Dr. Mark Wallace, adds his research and experience to the discussion.

The NIH Common Fund’s Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures program aims to understand the biological characteristics underlying the transition from acute to chronic pain and what makes some people susceptible and others resilient to the development of chronic pain.

Applications are due October 24, 2018.