The Norwich Bulletin discovers that hypnosis aids the medical world for relaxation, accellerating healing, and pain relief . . . Hypnosis aids the medical world Practitioners and their patients say the suggestion of relaxation speeds the process of healing and can deflect pain. Andrea Dameron is a mother of three. For the birth of her…

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Mark Hoult discovers that you’re getting sleepy is a myth when considering hypnosis and goes further to discover that some practitioners of hypnosis find parallels with their work and practice of martial arts . . . We’ve all heard the stories about stage hypnotists who put people into deep trances and have them clucking like…

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More on how hypnosis can help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions . . . Thousands Realize New Year Resolution Success… Unconsciously . . . if you have a few New Year’s Resolutions that you want to be certain you stick to, feel free to check my webpages for information on how hypnosis can help.…

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New year’s resolutions? Use hypnosis to help make ’em happen. Can hypnosis help the mind mend the body? One study shows that hypnosis can indeed help folks stick to their New Year’s Resolutions as well as helping folks with arthritis find relief.

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It may seem as a no-brainer but . . . Australian scientists find proof that stress makes you sick . . . the connection between stress and illness has long been suspected and recent studies have shown a stronger implied causal link. Here it is, if you’re stressed you have a very strong predisposition toward…

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I was wondering when a story like this one would begin circulating . . . top terrorist ‘may be master hypnotist’ . . . Amid fears that Indonesia’s most wanted terrorist will strike again, some police have a new theory: Noordin Top is using hypnotism to elude capture and recruit more suicide bombers. The senior…

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The Citizen Times has a worthwhile overview of changes in insurance systems regarding health management and the like . . . cost of smoking rises again with insurance surcharges . . . incentives for folks to quit smoking or lose weight are becoming more common as the health care costs skyrocket. Smoking alone costs more…

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Simon Busch recounts his experience with hypnotherapy in A Rude Awakening and it is not a flattering or optimistic picture. While the progressive relaxation and imagery are commonly taught in many schools to hypnotists, the disaster of a session should not be misconstrued as an indication that all sessions are handled this way or even…

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A small study out of Yale University has found Hypnosis Good Before Surgery. The study was specifically to test the effects of hypnosis for stress and anxiety levels right before outpatient surgery. They used a forty-five minute session for stress reduction and found that anxiety and stress levels for those who went through the process…

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Joanna Hall has a fairly straightforward piece on hypnosis in the Sunday Telegraph of Oct. 2, 2005 . . . look into my eyes . . . although it does have a few misleading statements. The most interesting part of the piece for me was – as all the miracle cure stuff in the essay…

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Just in . . . hypnotherapy an effective treatment for IBS. Some of the quotes are a little off, such as "medics at The University of Manchester have discovered a way to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) using hypnotherapy" . . . they haven’t discovered anything, they’re reaffirming something that has been known for sometime.…

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In the news . . . James Hewitt reveals Diana affair details while under hypnosis . . . yes, it is a terrible headline as folks now are going to ask if he admitted the affair while he was under hypnosis or if the affair took place while he was hypnotized. In any case: Former…

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Erick Heroux posts in Bloggence, Cunning, Exile: Psychopaths make best capitalists that a recent study shows a connection between brain function, psychopathy, and capitalism: Psychopaths make best capitalists . . . “The logical extension of business is murder” said Charlie Chaplin. And news today reports a psych study that tends to support this conclusion: “A…

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Science Daily reports on a study that shows hypnotism aids allergy sufferers through the use of a simple guided imagery where the person with the allergy simply . . . breathes in . . . breathes out . . . relaxes and thinks of a place that is free of allergins . . . or,…

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Seth-Deborah Roth reports on an exciting new Published Study Regarding the Power of the Mind that confirms that when folks believe and imagine that they have been given a powerful painkiller, their mind and body create the neurochemicals needed to create the effect. In essence, thoughts create powerful drugs for pain relief: Pain relief may…

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More doctors are advising that their patients seek out hypnotherapy to supplement medical care and more patients are going in that direction on their own as medical treatment becomes more expensive or because hypnosis is non-invasive, effective, and does not carry the adverse side effects of drugs . . . Patients Trade Pills for Hypnosis:…

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Good news . . . How a Skeptic Stopped Smoking: After smoking for eighteen years, my body started to tell me I was doing something wrong. It was time for me to do something right, and quitting a 40 per day cigarette addiction was the first thing on the agenda. My wife came home with…

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Addendum: April 2, 2006 . . . Sonja Parker, the hypnotist discussed in the article, tells me that she did indeed refer a number of research articles on fertility and hypnosis to the physician (note that sometimes these are used by physicians seeking greater understand and other times a person’s opinion is so solid and…

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Jonathan Royle is in the news again . . . this time he’s had a complaint against him for advertising which pushes the envelope and breaks a few laws . . . Advertising Standards Authority – Non-Broadcast Adjudication Details. I’ve received copies of this ad a number of times in various spam posts. Recently, the…

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In the Aug. 8 edition or Science Daily, Eva A Sylwester reports on a new study that found hypnosis can override reading ability. This really isn’t anything new, I’ve done the effect with hypnosis clients and subjects many times. However, what is important is that this is a formal study done with brain scans during…

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Barbara Fredricksen discovers that her skepticism about hypnosis is misplaced when she meets up with professional mentalist and stage hypnotist Ken Whitener . . . no joke, comedy hypnotist blows skeptic’s mind: …he began a soft, relaxing patter about being drowsy, and though I went along – after all, I needed this experience for my…

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The BBC carries a story on hypnosis for insomnia . . . an insomniac’s quest for sleep: Sleeping in the sticky, summer heat is trouble enough for most, but for the 10 million people in the UK affected by insomnia it is even harder. Here one woman who has struggled with sleep for years tells…

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Hypnosis to stop smoking in the news . . . hypnosis: on count of 5, go forth and be smoke-free: Thirty hard-core smokers crowded into a small ballroom at the Akron Road Quality Inn for two hours Tuesday night hoping that a hypnotist could help them break the habit. Some were thoroughly convinced that hypnosis…

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Stephen Kurczy looks at An Ounce of Prevention: Hypnotherapist helps patients visualize better, healthier lives. Some useful material, but a bit on the fringe in application and philosophy. The points on emotional component to physical ailments are correct but the supposition of giving one primacy over the other is not . . . both treatment…

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