The Common Cold and Complementary Health Approaches | NCCIH

The Common Cold and Complementary Health Approaches | NCCIH

Announcements NCCIH Clinical Digest: Colds and Complementary Health Approaches Colds are a leading reason for visiting a doctor and for missing school or work. To prevent or treat colds some people turn to complementary health approaches such as herbs, vitamins, and minerals. This issue provides information on “what the science says” about some of these practices for the common cold, including zinc, vitamin C, echinacea, probiotics, nasal saline irrigation, buckwheat honey, geranium extract, and garlic. Resources for Researchers New Funding Opportunities Emotional Well-Being: High-Priority Research Networks (U24, Clinical Trial Optional) - RFA-AT-20-003 - We invite researchers to submit applications that focus on developing resources by refining and testing key concepts that will advance and further support the study of emotional well-being. This infrastructure grant mechanism will facilitate research networks through meetings, conferences, small-scale pilot research, multidisciplinary cross training (such as intensive workshops, summer institutes, or visiting scholar programs), and information dissemination to foster the growth and development of research in the several priority areas. Please see the announcement for more information. All applications are due April 22, 2020. NIH Blueprint Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences (BP-ENDURE) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Upcoming Events Pain Lecture: Alcohol and Drug Addiction: The Gain in the Brain is in the Pain December 19, 2019; 11 a.m.-12 noon ET; Building 50, Room 1328/1334, NIH Main Campus (In-person attendance only.) Pain Lecture: All in the Mind? The Role of Psychology in the Treatment and Etiology of Pain January 9, 2019; 11 a.m.-12 noon ET; Building 35A, Room 610 Porter Neuroscience Building, NIH Main Campus (In-person attendance only.) Spring 2020 Lectures Focus on Mental Health and Its Impact on Pain We will kick off the first of three lectures in March 2020. The theme of the lecture series is, "Novel Approaches at the Intersection of Mental Health and Pain.”  In case you missed it... Did you miss the Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' on Botanicals?  No worries, a summary is available! Learn about the Q&A from one of the three NIH participants, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.