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Renowned integrative health expert Helene Langevin, MD, CM, is set to be the inaugural speaker of a new lecture series hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt.

Dr. Helene Langevin is the inaugural speaker of a new lecture series on Oct. 29, 2019, hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt.

Roy Elam III, MD, emeritus associate professor of Internal Medicine and founding medical director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died Aug. 20. He was 71.

The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt will begin offering a third round of yoga classes for employees suffering from back pain or insomnia.

Local comedian Ashley Corby, 35, overshares with her audience as part of her standup routine, including a 5-minute bit about “shady” rest areas she has visited due to interstitial cystitis (IC), a bladder pain syndrome affecting 3 million to 8 million people in the United States.

David Vago, Ph.D., is one of the principal authors of a “Mind the Hype” article in Perspectives on Psychological Science that calls for more scientific evaluation, circumspect reporting and uniform treatment standards for mindfulness and meditation.