Hypnosis sounds like such a scary thing to many people. You “go under” and maybe lose control of your mind and functions. Someone else is giving you suggestions that you may or may not like. It can be ...

For many people, hypnosis is best known as a party trick or a bit of entertainment: A hypnotist on stage asks for a volunteer who undergoes hypnosis, then, at a snap of the hypnotist’s fingers, the ...

Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...

Dr. Amanda Glinky, a gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition specialist at Manning Family Children’s New Orleans, ...

Rachel Silverman* (22 at the time) hunched over in agony and curled up in a ball on her soft, well-worn couch. While many women her age were out socializing with friends and partners after work, her ...

Indeed, with the exception of one or two case studies, the only published qualitative research accounts relating to women's experiences of using self-hypnosis for labour come from a very small Iranian ...

Self-hypnosis might help some women in menopause find relief from hot flashes. Hot flash frequency and intensity decreased by more than 50% among women who listened to a daily audio hypnosis session, ...

A gentle breeze. Water trickling over a fountain. Crisp mountain air. Such scenes sound cool — and simply imagining them could help people feel cooler, too. For women experiencing hot flashes, ...

Some people have reported that hypnosis helped them quit smoking. However, more research is necessary to determine how effective it may be. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the ...