NIH Research Grant Funds Study on the Effects of Reflexology & Cancer
In 2005 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Michigan State University (MSU Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan) a grant for $3.1 million to study “The Effects Of Reflexology On Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy.” It was the largest and the first federally funded grant in the USA for reflexology. The results of the 5-year study (2005-2010) were published in Spring 2011. Principal Investigator Gwen Wyatt, RN, Ph.D., is a professor and served as the