ASRA-American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. PainACTION. Alliance of State Pain Initiatives- ASPI - Promoting Pain Manage. Welcome to the American Society of Pain Educators. National Institutes of Health -- Gender and Pain: Program Summar. Many trials of new medications and other treatments excluded women, too. Potential harm to the fetus in pregnant women remains a concern. Some scientists claimed, however, that designing complex studies to include female animals and women would be too costly. Then, in 1990, the NIH launched its Office of Research on Women's Health, drawing attention to unmet needs in this area. The NIH Revitalization Act, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993, requires that both women and minorities be included in NIH-funded clinical research.
In 1996, the NIH established its Pain Research Consortium with representatives from all NIH divisions. Members of this group, plus other NIH centers and offices, sponsored the April 1998 conference on gender and pain. While most of the conference talks focused on basic understanding of the pain process, some offered insight into specific illnesses that patients and physicians can use today. More information: NCCS | Data & research on the US Nonprofit Sector. NCCS Organization Profile - Charitable Leadership Foundation.