A new study published in the North American Spine Society Journal reports that an online program of t’ai chi, qigong, and meditation may be helpful in reducing lower back pain. The randomized clinical study, which was jointly conducted by Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Center, the Center for Taiji & Qigong Studies, and New York Medical College, found that patients who attended online classes for twelve weeks reported less pain, easier movement, better...

Today, the peer-reviewed journal Lancet Oncology published the highly anticipated results of Dr. Mark Souweidane’s first-ever dose escalation study using convection-enhanced delivery (CED) in patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The milestone Phase I clinical trial, which investigated the safety of using CED to bypass the blood-brain barrier and administer a drug directly to a brain stem tumor site, resulted in no serious adverse effects and no dose-limiting...