National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Featured Articles : NCCIH

NIH research explores all aspects of pain.
May 25, 2023

Uncovering a cure: NIH-supported research lays the groundwork for understanding and treating pain

From the lab to the bedside Pain affects millions of Americans. It’s hard to measure, and there isn’t a one-size-fits-all...

Pain
Music can heal a broken heart, but can it improve your health?
May 02, 2023

Music and health

Music and pain Research suggests that listening to music can help reduce acute and chronic pain. Music-based interventions may also...

Sound Health, Pain

Jonathan Lurie, M.D., studies ways to improve back pain treatment for veterans.
March 18, 2021

Veterans embrace spinal manipulation for low back pain

Many military veterans suffer from chronic low back pain. This pain can be treated with medication, but high medication use...

Low Back Pain
Researcher Eric Garland, Ph.D., LCSW, practices mindfulness with patients.
December 08, 2020

From opioids to mindfulness: A new approach to chronic pain

Twenty-six years. That's how long Eric Garland, Ph.D., LCSW, has practiced mindfulness, a complementary health practice that includes...

Pain Management

Complementary health treatments need to be safe for you and performed correctly.
November 19, 2020

Could a complementary health treatment help you?

Looking to add a complementary health treatment—like yoga or meditation—to your pain management approach? Before you dive in, make sure...

Pain Management
NCCIH Director Helene Langevin, M.D., wants people to know that more options are available for chronic pain.
October 28, 2020

How integrative health research tackles the pain management crisis

Pain isn't simple or straightforward—and neither is treating it. Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons people...

Pain Management

Selene Suarez and her daughters.
October 20, 2020

Personal story: Selene Suarez

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects 1.5 million people in the U.S. One of those people is Selene Suarez. ...

Pain Management
September 14, 2018

What’s new in fibromyalgia research?

Researchers at NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin...

Fibromyalgia

September 14, 2018

NIH studies explore intersection of art, music, and health

Though funding opportunities supported by NIH and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of Sound Health were...

Sound Health
HerbList™ app shown on a mobile phone.
September 13, 2018

What’s in that supplement? Ask the HerbList app

Wandering down the vitamin aisle and have questions about a supplement? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has an app...

Dietary Supplements