Recent studies are helping researchers better understand the power of the mind-body connection in treating hot flashes. Researchers at Baylor University have found that compared to cognitive ...

Chuck Palahniuk’s new novel opens with a warning, “Do not touch your eyes or mouth while reading this book.” It seems the book we are reading may have been laced with poison or an hallucinogenic. This ...

Hypnosis is safe and can work as both a standalone or a complementary treatment with other therapies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...

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 ...

David Acunzo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Although hypnosis can help with a number of medical conditions, it doesn't work for everything. Paula Connelly/iStock via Getty Images Plus We’ve all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A ...

Less than 2 minutes of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeting specific areas of the brain can boost an individual's ability to be hypnotized, in new findings that could increase the ...

Sending electrical pulses to a specific part of the brain makes people more susceptible to hypnosis. While the research is still at an early stage, this could eventually lead to more widespread use of ...

Standardized and reproducible hypnosis inductions The OMNI Hypnosis inductions, which are based on the hypnosis inductions by Dave Elman and Gerald Kein, were used to measure the two states. Our ...