The Mirror Never Lies… Right? A world reknowned neuroscientist has shown that there seems to be an inexplicable ‘us’ inside which is aware of so much more than we are consciously. As a neuroscientist even he admits science cant answer all these unexplained mysteries, and of course being a scientist he is focused on what [...]
Hypnosis is ‘real’ Leading academic researchers at Stanford University conducted an experiment using brain scans that proves “hypnotism is real!”. For many years hypnosis had been classed as ‘quack’ medicine by many in the medical field. They claimed it was all an act and many empirical studies have failed to conclusively prove that hypnosis works, [...]
Hypnosis for IBS An overview of research Below you will find several pieces of articles, mainly from BBC Health News that show how effective hypnosis for IBS and other gut problems actually is. If IBS stops you from going out places, or makes other things more difficult for you then try hypnotherapy. You may find that you [...]
Brain scans are confirming that pain really is in the mind – and that means we may be able to stop it without resorting to drugs or surgery. Using an MRI scanner a team of researchers from the University of Oxford are recording the blood flow in the different parts of the brains of participants, [...]
Just What Is Hypnosis? (reproduced from The Independent) Once regarded as a cheap stage trick, hypnotism is proven to be a powerful medical treatment – and now it’s available on the NHS. There’s no magic, no swinging pendulums or swaying watches, and there is no slumping into unconsciousness. This is clinical rather than stage hypnosis, [...]
Hypnosis ‘eases cancer op pain’ Breast cancer surgery patients dont have it easy, they often suffer severe side-effects as well as the pain sickness. However a study has shown that using hypnosis these patients need less anaesthetic during operations. Patients in the study of 200 women by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine also reported [...]
Hypnotherapy for IVF can double the success rate, researchers have claimed. A team from Soroka University, Israel, studied 185 women and found 28% of women in the group who were hypnotised became pregnant, compared with 14% of those who were not. The Israeli researchers were looking to see if hypnosis could make the embryo transfer stage [...]
Alex Lenkei has been practising hypnosis since the age of 16 A hypnotherapist from West Sussex has put his money where his mouth is and undergone surgery on his right hand without a general anaesthetic. Alex Lenkei decided to use hypnosis instead of chemicals to numb the pain caused by arthritis. The surgery even involved [...]
