Search results for hypnosis:
Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...
Children can greatly reduce abdominal pain by using their imagination
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain ...
It's not all in your head: Descending neural mechanisms of placebo-induced pain control
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A new study reveals that when it comes to pain control, the "placebo effect" involves evolutionarily old pain control pathways in the human brainstem, the part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. The research, ...
Nondrug interventions may comfort children having an anesthetic
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Parental acupuncture, clown doctors, hypnotherapy, low sensory stimulation and hand-held video games are promising non-drug interventions that are likely to help reduce children's anxiety during the onset of their anaesthetic, ...
Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power ...
Scientists search for sleepless souls suffering lifelong insomnia
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Most people have experienced the odd sleepless night before a crucial exam, a job interview or before going on holiday, but few people get by with just a couple of hours of sleep a day, every day.
Green tea: Seeking hope in a dose of nature
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Once a day, Matthew Hudson takes a square of chocolate mixed with green-tea extract and lets it dissolve in his mouth.
Alternative medicine goes mainstream
Jun 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that ...
No longer afraid to be a bridesmaid or travel with the boss
May 13, 2009 |
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One of Laurie Keefer's patients was afraid to be a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding, others worried about traveling with the boss or even going to parties in peoples' homes.
The power of suggestion: Researchers look at why suggestive therapy may prompt false memories
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologist Elke Geraerts of the University of St Andrews has carried out a study of the difference between memories recalled by patients through suggestive therapies, compared with more natural recollections.
People are more suggestible under laughing gas
Jan 09, 2009 |
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The pain-relieving effects of nitrous oxide - laughing gas - may be enhanced by suggestion or hypnosis, according to a new study by UCL (University College London). The study's findings - that people are more suggestible ...
Researchers find that hypnosis can induce synesthesia
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Hypnosis can induce "synesthetic" experiences – where one sense triggers the involuntary use of another – within an average brain, according to a new study in the journal Psychological Science, the premiere publication of the ...
Seeing red -- in the number 7
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Hypnosis can induce synaesthetic experiences – where one sense triggers the involuntary use of another – according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers. The findings suggests that people with synaesthesia, ...
Insomnia in women with breast cancer linked to heart rate dysregulation
Oct 15, 2008 |
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A study in the October 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a significant predictor of insomnia in women with breast cancer and confirmed that longer nocturnal wake e ...
Study finds high use of complementary methods among cancer survivors
Aug 04, 2008 |
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A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society finds many cancer patients use complementary and alternative methods, most often prayer, relaxation, supplements, meditation, and massage. Meanwhile, the use of ...
