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Study Makes Strides in Improving Parental Mental Health
Blog
Every time a parent leaves our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to take their child home, we are asking them to do superhuman things. At Children’s National Hospital, the tasks…
PCORI Researchers Are Answering Rapidly Emerging Questions about Telehealth
Blog
Telehealth—the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage health care—has grown in promise as technology has…
PRIMED Study: Training, Reminders Aid Talks about Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults
Study Highlight
For older adults, guidelines recommend clinicians and patients work together to make decisions about colorectal cancer screening (CRC). However, these conversations must consider several factors and can be challenging. The…
New Research Funding Opportunities Open September 6
Funding Announcement Notice
PCORI's Online System will open on September 6, 2023, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for the following PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs). LOIs are due on October 3…
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Just as Safe, Effective as Common Medication for Anxiety Disorders, Study Finds
Study Highlight
Adults with anxiety disorders can experience comparable relief from either meditation or a commonly prescribed medication, according to findings from a PCORI-funded study published in JAMA Psychiatry. For the study…
ELEKT-D Study: Ketamine as Effective as ECT for Treating Major Depression
Study Highlight
An estimated one in three people with clinical depression do not respond to antidepressants, limiting their treatment option to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which has been linked to physical and mental…
