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Dr. Langevin Introduces the Role of NCCIH

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Dr. Helene M. Langevin, director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, explains the Center’s role as the federal government’s lead agency for complementary and integrative health. She describes NCCIH’s research on mind and body approaches, natural products, and nondrug approaches for pain management. Dr. Langevin concludes by describing her own longstanding interest in the field of complementary and integrative health research.

Highlighted Videos

HEAL Initiative: Developing Quantitative Imaging and Other Relevant Biomarkers of Myofascial Tissues for Clinical Pain Management

Dr. Helene M. Langevin, director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and Dr. Bruce Tromberg, director of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, discuss a new funding opportunity from the NIH HEAL® (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative that will focus on the development of innovative quantitative imaging and relevant biomarkers of myofascial tissues for pain management. 

National #YogaMonth Livestream Recording: The Science and Practice of Yoga

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Many people practice yoga for health-related reasons, such as for fitness and well-being, to help control stress, or to help manage or prevent a health problem. In this National #YogaMonth livestream recording, Dr. Lanay Mudd and Dr. Pam Jeter of NCCIH discuss the science and practice of yoga. They touch on the latest research on yoga for health while demonstrating several yoga poses you can do at home.

A conversation on pain management with Garnet Locke, U.S. Army (Retired)

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Garnet Locke, a veteran of the U.S. Army, shares his story of how he’s managed pain using conventional and complementary health approaches.

Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Children | Dr. Richard Davidson

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In this video, Dr. Richard Davidson, Director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides examples of mindfulness-based interventions for children.

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