Anaesthesiologists have found that using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) in surgery where LA is feasible but, not on its own, sufficient to ensure patient comfort, can aid healing ...

Hypnosis is emerging as a powerful medical treatment for pain, anxiety, PTSD and a range of other conditions. Can it shake off its reputation as a stage magician's trick? When David Spiegel was told ...

At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon declared that he had never before encountered a patient so calm and at ease during an awake brain surgery. When the living and breathing body of a 71-year ...

Janet Golden Balzer is about to hypnotize you. She doesn’t have a pendulum, swinging pocket-watch or a black and white spiral. And she promises she’s not going to make you quack like a duck.

HYPNOSIS can be used to help anxious children cope with needles, surgery and other hospital procedures, Australia’s peak anaesthetic body says. Simple suggestion and mind control techniques are ...

The Juliana children’s hospital in The Hague is to start using hypnosis in an effort to reduce pain, stress and fear among patients, the AD reports on Monday. Hypnosis will only be used if children ...

Maryanne Fortin sat next to her patient, nine-year-old Koraly Lefrançois, who had already closed her eyes. The hypnosis was about to begin. “Let the calmness grow inside you,” Fortin suggested, ...

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, ...