An insider’s guide to understanding and obtaining an NIH K career development award Don C. Rockey et al. MUSC Health provide advice to physician-scientist applicants: insight.jci.org/articles/view/…

Still go Faith! Always rooting for anyone willing to take a shot at the seemingly impossible — whether everyone’s watching or not.

June is #ScoliosisAwarenessMonth. As a parent, what should you know about this common condition? bit.ly/4lzor4H

My lab’s 5-year NIH R01 grant, awarded to study gene therapy for hearing loss, was abruptly terminated. I want to share how this action has been incredibly harmful and disruptive, not just to my lab, but to the scientific process itself. 1/15

This is just awfuI…I hope the courts hasten the restoration of Uri’s R01! While NIH/HHS leaders sit there and say all is well…scientists’ lives are being destroyed for arbitrary reasons.

It is unbelievable that when I started my lab 11 years ago people referred to itch as a "niche" therapeutic domain. Look at the monthly Rx of Ebglyss and Adbry (anti-IL-13 mAb) and Nemluvio (anti-IL-31RA mAb) since launch. Dupixent (anti-IL-4R mAb) is not on this chart because

Just arrived in my office-3rd edition of my book. New chapters, my original art, patient stories, and case studies. Available in September....#kathleensluka #slukaart #painscience ⁦UIowa PTRS⁩ ⁦University of Iowa Health Care⁩ ⁦Carver College of Medicine⁩ ⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩

Health bros need a comprehensive blood test with 2,000 biomarkers to tell them “eat more veggies.”

It was an experimental treatment that had only been tested in mice. “It was one of the hardest decisions we’ve ever made, but doing nothing felt riskier,” the boy’s parents said. Following treatment, he now enjoys long walks, hikes, and has celebrated 2 birthdays- Stat article.

Can a medical device restore your balance? Dr. Della Santina would say there is hope. He and his colleagues invented a medical implant to restore vestibular function and balance, and he recently spoke with Smithsonian magazine about it. Read more here: bit.ly/4nM8aeu

I’ve been a surgeon for over 30 years… There are many lessons that I’ve learned: Rehab works… more often than you think. Surgery Helps Less Than You Think—But Rehab Helps More After three decades in the operating room, I’ve come to a surprising conclusion—one I wish more

Few things are more disheartening in academic medicine than seeing individuals ascend on promises of transparency and change, only to reinforce the very systems they once critiqued. Perhaps the lift is heavier—and the hierarchies more entrenched—than they anticipated.

People with chronic pain from CRPS have different gut bacteria than people without pain, recent research from McGill University reveals. Researchers were able to predict who had CRPS with good accuracy using only gut microbiome data.

Acknowledgments: The 2025 study was conducted by Gonzalez et al. and published in Anesthesiology: bit.ly/3GXaJK2 @McGillPainUnit Emmanuel Gonzalez Nicholas Brereton The 2024 study was led by Tawfik et al. and published in Neurobiology of Pain. bit.ly/4eWZ5vi

#regionalanesthesia #pain ASRA Pain Medicine Consensus Practice Infection Control guidelines: 👇🏿 Check out: rapm.bmj.com/content/early/… David Provenzano, MD Full article: rapm.bmj.com/content/early/… Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Mayo Clinic Pain Medicine ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Tina Doshi Rakesh Sondekoppam

💊 Lost in conversion? Converting intrathecal to oral opioids isn't as simple as 1:300. This RAPM case report shows: 🧩 Real-life ratios = 1:2 to 1:12 ⚠️ 1:300 may be dangerously outdated 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… By @talktoratan Eellan Sivanesan, MD, FASA #Opioids #RAPM

Some students can be ridiculously hypersecretive about their research (like concealing gene lists that are anyway in the public domain). Over time, they realize that not only nobody will steal their ideas, but that they'll be lucky if anybody is interested in them.

Do you know how gabapentin affects human dorsal root ganglia tissue? Find out and read Allan Basbaum’s summary of Demeter et al.’s article published in Sage Journals’s Molecular Pain here bit.ly/4nZsTM5

3 years ago, we reported a clinical trial showing substantial reductions in chronic back pain with pain reprocessing therapy (PRT), along with functional brain changes Delighted to share today 5 year follow-up, showing these pain reductions are durable jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Chronic pain remains a major challenge—despite scientific progress, many patients still face delays, stigma, and limited options. I spoke with Newsweek about why better science hasn’t always led to better care. newsweek.com/2025/08/22/chr… #ChronicPain #PainResearch #HealthPolicy