Medical hypnotherapy today is most commonly used for pain management, treatment of anxiety or psychosomatic illness, and treatment of behavioral disorders. One study measured the effect of hypnotic ...

Eve Bogert, longtime hypnosis enthusiast, once participated in a stage hypnosis show and was hypnotized into believing there was a little man trapped inside of her wristwatch. "I'm a compassionate ...

Chronic pain continues to be one of the most challenging health problems that exists. Sadly, the suffering from chronic pain often flummoxes the medical community and leads to people feeling ignored ...

Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team ...

Hypnosis was effective in helping people with recent spinal cord injuries learn coping strategies to fight chronic pain, a new study shows. Almost 90% of participants reported benefit from the ...

PARIS — More and more, hypnotic analgesia is being used in the emergency department (ED) to reduce pain and help patients relax while they're being treated. In his presentation to emergency medicine ...

Can hypnosis be an alternative to medication for relieving acute dental pain? Although there are only a few dozen studies on the topic, the evidence is promising that hypnosis can help relieve dental ...

To the lengthening list of conditions in which reputable medical men now believe that hypnosis may be useful, a psychiatrist last week added cancer. Dr. Jacob H. Conn, a psychiatry professor at Johns ...

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients' tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute ...

For years, virtual reality (VR) has been used in pain management for hospitalized adults and children, to take their minds ...