News tagged with hypnosis


People are more suggestible under laughing gas

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Hypnosis shown to reduce symptoms of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A scientist at the University of Liverpool has found that hypnosis can slow down the impacts of dementia and improve quality of life for those living with the condition.





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Hypnosis - the key to unlocking the delusional mind?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Researchers at Macquarie University have developed an original new approach to the study of delusions, using hypnosis to temporarily create typical delusional beliefs in otherwise non-delusional people.


Hypnosis reduces pain and costs in breast cancer surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 28, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The use of hypnosis prior to breast cancer surgery reduced the amount of anesthesia administered during the operation, the level of pain reported afterwards, and the time and cost of the procedure, according to a study published ...


Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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 ...


Hypnosis study reveals brain's 'amnesia centers'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 09, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process. The researchers who conducted the study ...


Researchers find that hypnosis can induce synesthesia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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 ...


Study finds high use of complementary methods among cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...


Hypnotist ready to kick cigarette butt

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What if I told you that throughout this release there are hypnotic suggestions about why you should cover this story and make it the top one? Would you be able to pick out the suggestions? Or would they work without you even ...


Probing Question: How does anesthesia work?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Many inventions of the 19th century -- telephones, airplanes, phonographs -- have helped to shape the modern world. However, it could be argued that the 1846 discovery of effective surgical anesthesia holds a place of honor ...


Drug-free treatments offer hope for older people in pain

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created Sep 10, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mind-body therapies, which focus on the interactions between the mind, body and behavior, and the ways in which emotional, mental, social and behavioral factors can affect health, may be of particular benefit to elderly chronic ...


Seeing red -- in the number 7

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

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, ...



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