LONDON -- As the surgeons cut into her neck, Marianne Marquis was thinking of the beach. As she heard the doctors' voices, she was imagining her toes in the sand, the water lapping. Marquis had been ...

Source: Maya Mizrahi and Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center/ Used with permission Several randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis have investigated weight loss through hypnosis, finding small ...

In women undergoing surgery for breast cancer, a 15-minute hypnosis session before surgery resulted in less fatigue, emotional distress, and use of fentanyl after the operation than a mindfulness ...

Many years ago I participated in a few of these surgeries, helping with the intra-operative cognitive testing. The patients were sedated (but awake) also during the cutting part... I remember that ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women who underwent hypnosis before breast cancer surgery needed less anesthesia and had fewer side effects than women who got counseling instead, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team ...