Chronic Pain
How Connective Tissue Plays a Role in Acupuncture
AcuTalks Interviews Dr. Helene Langevin
AcuTalks recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Helene Langevin, Harvard Osher Center Director, on her Connective Tissue Lab’s research studying how connective tissue plays a role in the mechanisms of acupuncture. The lab’s interest in acupuncture accompanies their overarching mission, to study the role of connective tissue in chronic pain.
Addressing Symptom Burden in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias
A Smart Approach in a 75 Y.O. Woman with Paroxsymal Atrial Fibrillation
Presenters: Michelle Dossett, MD, PhD, MPH; E. Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
In this Grand Rounds clinical case presentation, Drs. Dossett and Heist, from Massachusetts General Hospital, presented a case of a woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who participated in a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) Program at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine and discussed the role of resiliency tools for patients with cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation.
Pain and Opioid Management in Veterans in Primary Care
Evidence, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions in the Use of Collaborative and Integrated Care Approaches
Karen Seal, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is based at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS), where she is director of the Integrated Care Clinic for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans and director of the Integrated Pain Team (IPT) Clinic.
Tai Chi for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
In this Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds research presentation, Dr. Wang reviews the current body of knowledge regarding Evidence-Based mind-body medicine treatments. The focus is on the therapeutic benefits of Tai Chi for chronic musculoskeletal pain and symptom management, as well as strategies for implementing complementary approaches into clinical practice.
Drs. Langevin and Wayne panel discussion “Minding the Gaps in Medical Research”
MIT Media Lab
Presenters: Helene Langevin, MD and Peter Wayne, PhD
A “side effect” of medical specialization and scientific reductionism is that our understanding of cross-system connections in human health and disease is remarkably limited. This affects the ability of medicine to care for the whole patient. Research at the Osher Center draws on systems biology frameworks from both modern science and non-conventional healing traditions to inform a more integrated model of health and health care.
Medical Marijuana: Is the current research evidence sufficient to inform clinician decision making?
Integrative Medicine Research Seminar
Presenter: Donald B. Levy, MD, Medical Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Maximizing mind-body connections to minimize balance decline in aging and disease
Integrative Medicine Research Seminar
Presenter: Bradley Manor, PhD, Director, Mobility and Brain Function Laboratory, Brain Fit Club, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary integrative medicine team in the treatment of chronic low back pain
Integrative Medicine Research Seminar
Presenter: Peter Wayne, PhD, Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Gastrointestinal Distress: One patient’s ongoing journey
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
Presenters: Donald Levy, MD; Walter Chan, MD; Randall Paulsen, MD
Calmare Therapy – an integrative pain treatment: what is it, and does it help?
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
Presenters: Ezra Cohen, MD, Yvonne Lee, MD, MMSc., Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Helene Langevin, MD
Stretching, Connective Tissue, Chronic Pain, and Cancer
Dr. Helene Langevin visits UCSF, presenting on the importance of connective tissue in the body and its link to the immune system. She talks about recent findings on the effects of stretching on inflammation and fibrosis and the the relevance of these findings to chronic pain and cancer. Dr. Langevin is the director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
An Integrative Medicine Approach to Chronic Pain Management
Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
Presenters: Eric Leskowitz, MD, Eve Kennedy-Spaien, OTR/L, Jennifer Jackson, PT, Ariana Vora, MD
Integrative Medicnie Group Visit Model for Chronic Pain
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
Presenters: Katherine Gergen Barnett, MD, Kavitha Gazula, MD, Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH
Easing the Pain: Innovative and Effective Approaches to Managing Pain
Pain is common in the setting of serious illness. Dr. Christine Ritchie, UCSF distinguished professor, explains that it is a complex experience influenced by biology, environment and one’s emotions and cognitions. While there are many effective medicines for pain, they also have significant side effects. A holistic approach includes pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches to pain with inputand support from an interdisciplinary team.
Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
51 y.o. female suffering from carpel tunnel syndrome: Acupuncture as an evidence-based clinical option.
Presenters: Vitaly Napadow, PhD, Li.AC Steve Cina, Li.AC Joseph Audette, MA, MD
Benson-Henry Institute, Mind-Body Medicine for Crohn’s Disease
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
This clinical case was of a 27 year old man suffering from Crohn’s Disease. Mind-body medicine approaches were used to build resiliency for disease management.
Presenters: Darshan Mehta, Peg Baim and Joshua Korzenik
Chiropractic Treatment for Severe Back Pain and Sciatica
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Osher Clinical Center
Presenters: Helene Langevin, MD, Matthew Kowalski, DC, John Chi, MD, MPH, Donald Levy, MD
The War on Bugs: Antibiotic Use and Co-Existence with the Microbial World
Antibiotics are considered a miracle of modern medicine our “magic bullets” that kill harmful microorganisms and spare our bodies in the war against infection. Conan MacDougall explains that the story is much more complex. Most of the bugs that would do us harm usually co-exist with us on our skin, in our gut and in our cells themselves. The indiscriminate killing of bacteria by antibiotics and disinfectants may deprive us of nutrients and deny our immune system the “training” it needs to distinguish self from non-self leading to an increase in autoimmune diseases.
Healthy Family: The Integrative Medicine Approach to Supporting Healthy Children
Mini Medical School for the Public Presented by UCSF Osher Center
Presenter: David Becker, MD, MPH
Dr. Becker is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He works with children and families to develop integrative approaches to care in the primary care setting, and for children with chronic pain and other medical and bio-behavioral conditions.