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Manual Therapy Providers Forge Closer Ties at Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference

November 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Back Pain, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioids, pain

More than 160 members of the chiropractic, physical therapy and osteopathic professions forged a new spirit of cooperation and understanding during the Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC), which took place Nov. 8-9 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Sanford Burnham Prebys awarded $3.58 million NIH grant to advance potential treatment for opioid-use disorders

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Addiction, NIH Award, Opioid, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $3.58 million grant to Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist Anthony Pinkerton, Ph.D., to advance a potential treatment for opioid-use disorders, called SBI-553.

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Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain

September 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Medication, Neuron, Opioid, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioid Addiction, pain, pain and addiction, Peptide

A UC Davis research team, led by Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy and Heike Wulff, will receive a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel class of peptides that are better at treating pain and don’t have the side effects of opioids. The grant is part of the NIH initiative Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL Initiative).

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UCLA to lead $25 million opioid study in rural America

September 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, opioid abuse solutions, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Use Disorder, Telemedicine

Scientists from the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs will lead a $25 million National Institutes of Health study testing treatments, including the use of telemedicine, to help fight the opioid epidemic in rural America.