Visualization means creating distinct, vivid scenes in your head. It can be used for relaxation — or to prep yourself to achieve an outcome. “When you develop an image in the brain, several areas become activated,” explains Sheri Dewan, MD, a neurosurgeon at the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital….
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COVID-19 is tricky. Experts are still learning the ins and outs of this virus, which was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China.
Despite the ever-changing information that continues to surround the coronavirus, what the medical community does know, besides the fact that there are more than 10 million global COVID-19 cases, is that the virus can and has been linked to neurological issues…
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"Forms of yoga that include heat [and] warmth may benefit those with inflammatory responses. Other types of yoga, including Vinyasa and Kundalini, may help with specific spinal movements that allow for increased flexibility and decreasing rigidity," Dr. Sheri Dewan, MD, a board-certified neurosurgeon at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, tells us….
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“For many of the surgeries, such as larger cranial surgeries or spinal surgeries, patients are very reluctant now, not only out of fear of catching the coronavirus but also the fact that their family may not be able to visit them for an extended period of time,” Dewan said. “It’s challenging to go through surgery without having a support structure readily available to you.”
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“Some of the data that we’re getting now from the China studies, one study that was just published in JAMA Neurology showed that 36.4 percent of patients had neurologic issues,” said Dr. Sheri Dewan, neurosurgeon at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. “One of the review articles that came out at the end of February discussed the possibility of virus traveling into the olfactory neurons, through the olfactory bulb, and into the brain.”
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