It seems like a simple question: What is hypnosis? The answer, however, is quite complicated, and people—including experts in the field—can not agree on a definition. Hypnosis involves a shift in the ...

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 ...

For well over a century, hypnotic suggestion has been used to successfully treat a wide range of clinical conditions, including chronic and acute pain, irritable bowel syndrome, post-traumatic stress ...

Hormone therapy is an effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms but is contraindicated for some women, including breast cancer patients. Self-administered hypnosis demonstrated a significant edge ...

Listening to hypnosis techniques can reduce the severity and number of hot flushes menopausal women experience, research ...

Imagine yourself lying on an operating table in a humid hospital tent near abattle front during the Vietnam War. Writhing in agony, you plead with the medics to give you something to relieve the pain ...