Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Hi Everyone, Wow, I sent this whole message to you two days ago, all about my weekend at a GI conference on Crohn's disease, and it didn't come up in the listserve! It's late now, but the gist of it is that !) Stress and relaxation is hard to quantify and not conducive to quantitative studies. 2) Most docs are so stressed out themselves that they don't know what relaxation looks like! 3) Drug companies have no reason to fund such studies because it doesn't make any money for them. We know that working on destressing is effective. Everyone on this listserve with EN seems to think it makes a difference, so that fact that there aren't any specific studies should stop us from going ahead with the treatment. Treatment should involve looking at all four levels: Body, heart, mind, spirit. Body: deep relaxation, guided imagery Heart: Who supports us, who doesn't, deal with or eliminate those who don't. Get a job that is meaningfl to you, etc. Mind: What are you telling yourself that is negative? Work with a therapist on this. Spirit: Feed your creative process daily, prayer, community, writing, walks, etc. I really hope this note gets onto the listserve. Take care, Abby > > Dear Group, > I have been writing up the EN/Stress research idea for the NIH proposal > and now think I may have misunderstood the > > criterion for submission > <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-011.html> : > > <http://> > http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-011.html > <http://> > ********* > > We invite you to submit individual ideas and/or to view the ideas that > have been submitted to date. All ideas should meet the following > criteria for new trans-NIH strategic initiatives : > > Is the proposed initiative truly transforming –could it dramatically > affect how biomedical and/or behavioral research is conducted over the > next decade? > > Will the outcomes from the proposed initiatives synergistically promote > and advance the individual missions of the Institutes and Centers to > benefit health? > > Does the proposed initiative require participation from NIH as a whole > and/or does it address an area (s) of science that does not clearly fall > within the mission of any one IC or OD program office? > > Is the proposed initiative something that no other entity is likely or > able to do, and is there a public health benefit to having the results > of the research in the public domain ? > > In addition to these general criteria, selection of initiatives will be > based on whether the proposed programs can either be achieved within a > 5-10 year time frame or can be expected to become integrated with IC > funded research within that time frame. The selection will also take > into consideration current research funding, with the intent of > stimulating research in new or fledgling research areas that also meet > all of the criteria stated above. The ideas should not be disease > specific and should not address problems or opportunities that fall > under the purview of one NIH Institute or Center. > > ******** > > Gee wish I had read that earlier! I have it just about finished and now > I feel rather foolish for putting all that effort into it. > > > I got this NIH info from another group and they thought it was a great > way for them to get research on their illness. > > Can anyone explain this to me? > > In the meantime I DO have a neat research project all lined out for when > we get a researcher, so maybe not totally wasted effort ;-/ > > Love, > > idio. EN '68 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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