This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

AbstractObjective. Physical activity contributes to the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of multiple diseases. However, in some patients, fear o

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a hybrid self-directed and therapist-guided therapy for emotional dysregulation in adults with chronic pain.

Cai et al. revealed that transplanting gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia—a chronic widespread pain condition of unknown etiology—into mice induces pain. It also induces phenotypes commonly o...

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.

Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.

Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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.

Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

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In 2015, I graduated college with a degree in psychology and I wanted to conduct research to reduce health disparities. First, I needed more research experience if I wanted to