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Beiner et al. find that early childhood adversities significantly predict the severity of fibromyalgia syndrome symptoms, an effect that is mediated by perceived stress levels rather than endocrine stress indicators. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4m2HJQe

✨ New in the June edition of PPL.

"Young Adulthood: Supporting Pediatric Patients’ Most Pivotal Transition".

Authors: Morgan Mitcheson, Jennifer Christofferson, Sarah Nelson and Leah Reece.

📥 Download the article here: pediatric-pain-letter.org/wp-content/u...

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#adversity is a form of #injustice

Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding? Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality

In an #OpEd, @sarahnelsonphd.bsky.social & Natoshia Cunningham, PhD, warn that recent federal grant restrictions & cuts are threatening pediatric chronic pain research — pressuring scientists to self-censor to secure funding & undermining scientific integrity.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

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Opinion | What Medicaid Cuts Mean for Chronic Pain Untreated childhood pain follows to adulthood

Bravo to amazing colleagues and friends on a timely #oped. #medicaid is vital and life saving for so many, including youth with pain. Call your representatives!

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Living with #chronicpain often feels like an invisible battle. Many endure their struggles in silence, feeling isolated and misunderstood. Remember, you are not alone.
Join one of our @peoplepainnetwork.bsky.social wellness meetings #education #connect
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Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding? Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality

Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends.

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Estimates of Illicit Opioid Use in the US This cross-sectional survey study estimates the prevalence of illicit opioid use, including illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and initial opioid exposure among those reporting illicit opioid use.

New study reveals alarmingly high rates of illicit opioid and fentanyl use in the US, much higher than prior estimates, underscores the urgent need for better data to fight the opioid crisis. #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #PublicHealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Leveraging Economic and Health Policies to Prevent Infant and Toddler Maltreatment: A State Policy Toolkit - Child Trends

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Research shows some state policies can contribute to preventing maltreatment. www.childtrends.org/publications...

Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social

Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.

More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...

Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office

www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...

I'm assisting the HELP Committee with stories of child-or family-focused researchers, grants, clients/patients, or clinical services/programs that were suspended, terminated or otherwise harmed by recent actions. Please contact me: diana.fishbein@npscoalition.org.

Science Advances’ special issue on women’s health highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Articles cover a range of studies from the interplay between menopause and Alzheimer’s risk to the menstrual cycle’s influence on the brain-heart connection. It also describes the opportunities pregnancy provides to research aspects of both physical and mental health. By prioritizing women’s unique physiological and psychological experiences, research can expand the frontiers of knowledge in ways that benefit everyone.

In #ScienceAdvances, a special issue on #WomensHealth highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences.

Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: scim.ag/3R59fPe

We have slots for 2-3 postbacs! Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Affective Neuroscience and Pain lab & contributing to our studies of pain, emotion, and social processing in the 🧠

Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High‐Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis Introduction: Few studies compare differences in the use of nonpharmacologic interventions (NPIs) between those with high-impact chronic pain (HICP) and low-impact chronic pain (LICP) or describe dif...

Just published: "Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High-Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis"

Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.

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Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.

We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.

https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a

DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...

I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.

www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

IASP recognizes that the advancement of pain science depends on the collective expertise, perspectives, and contributions our global network of members. DEI are organizational priorities here at IASP and we strive to ensure programming represents all members. Learn More: bit.ly/43LhOX4

Lived experience expertise in mental health research In this Collection we amplify the contributions of people with lived experience to mental health research through interviews with lived experience experts and ...

This month we introduce a Collection on lived experience expertise in mental health research.

The centerpiece is 11 interviews with lived experience experts who generously share their personal experiences with mental health challenges & explain why they decided to contribute to clinical research.

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

This message needs to be heard widely.

New #publication alert focused on #GENDER #DIVERSE youth with chronic #pain. Clear evidence of what everyone has seen - an explosion of these youth seeking specialty care

One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social

Latest report from @amfarofficial.bsky.social showing for every $1 of #NIH funding received, a state generates $2.46 on average in increased economic activity.

Cutting #NIH grants doesn't make economic sense.

www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.


https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

Read the resignation letter by former NIH official Nate Brought Brought is the former director of the National Institutes of Health’s Executive Secretariat.

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I know that the main focus of this group is on scientists, but can we please take a moment to show some love for the administrative staff who love the NIH and who are taking courageous stances also?

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