A Time Magazine question about the evidence examining the effect of acupuncture for pain cited a recent meta-analysis designed by Dr. Andrew Vickers, a biostatistician at MSK. “When comparing legit acupuncture to standard care, there was a statistically significant benefit to acupuncture, Vickers says. “We saw a measurable effect there,” he explains. “If acupuncture were a drug, we’d say the drug works.”

Citation: Vickers AJ, Cronin AM, Maschino AC, et al. Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(19):1444-1453. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3654.

Twenty year old student and business owner, Bobby Lenahan, invented the IV Hero, a super-hero themed sleeve to go over IV bags to make kids less scared. It is now being used in three hospitals, including MSK.

RBC Capital Markets raised $1M on June 28th during its second annual “RBC Trade for the Kids Day”. The monies raised from the day went to several charities including the Department of Pediatrics at MSK.

The breakthrough study at the Sanger Institute has shown that AML is at least 11 different diseases. Dr. Elli Papaemmanuil, joint first author, brought her expertise in genome interrogation to understand the cause of AML. “We combined detailed genetic analysis with patient health information to help understand the fundamental causes of AML. For the first time we untangled the genetic complexity seen in most AML cancer genomes into distinct evolutionary paths that lead to AML.”