"Could Hypnosis Transform Modern Medicine?" - Sheinelle Jones
A ground-breaking new study underway at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center is exploring the possibility of modifying the anesthesia regimen during surgery by combining hypnosis with a local anesthesia. This trial is still ongoing, but hypnosis is already widely used to treat a variety of other ailments, like gastrointestinal issues. To manage digestive problems caused by ulcerative colitis, Sarah has hypnosis to complement her other treatments and lifestyle changes. “By getting the brain to not worry or fear of having symptoms opens up the door to be able to go out and live your life,” said Laurie Keefer, PhD, director of GRITT-IBD at the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center at the Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Laurie Keefer, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, GRITT-IBD, The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital
