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Health and Hypnosis in the News
This is a collection of articles I have found about health-related topics. I've included a brief excerpt to give you an idea what it's about. Click the links for the full articles. Man Hypnotises Himself Before Operation Source: BBC News April 18, 2008 A hypnotist from West Sussex has undergone surgery on his right hand without a general anaesthetic. Alex Lenkei, 61, from Worthing, chose to sedate himself by hypnosis before undergoing the 83-minute operation. "It took between 30 seconds to a minute for me to place myself under hypnosis, and from that point I felt a very deep relaxation. I was aware of everything around me, from people talking and at one stage a hammer and chisel was used as well as a surgical saw, but I felt no pain." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7355523.stm
Harvard University Study: Hypnosis Helps Healing Source: Harvard University Gazette Archives A team of researchers headed by Carol Ginandes of Harvard Medical School and Patricia Brooks of the Union Institute in Cincinnati wanted to determine if hypnosis could speed wound healing and recovery. At one week and seven weeks after surgery, nurses and doctors participating in the study visibly assessed and measured the wounds of all three groups without knowing which group the (hypnotized) women were in. The result was clear. The women who had undergone hypnosis healed significantly faster than the others. http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html
Hypnosis Before Breast-Cancer Surgery Reduces Pain, Discomfort, and Cost Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute; ABC News Sept. 5, 2007 Women undergoing surgery for breast cancer who received a brief hypnosis session before entering the operating room required less anesthesia and pain medication during surgery, and reported less pain, nausea, fatigue, and discomfort after surgery than women who did not receive hypnosis. The overall cost of surgery was also significantly less for women undergoing hypnosis. http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/results/hypnosis0907 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/story?id=3533002&page=1
Hypnosis 'Reduces Cancer Pain' Source: BBC News September 10, 2004 Childhood cancer patients suffer less pain when placed under hypnosis, scientists have claimed. Children who had been hypnotised in trials reported they had less pain from medical procedures as well as cancer-related pain. Dr Christina Liossi, from University of Wales, Swansea, suggested there was even tentative evidence that hypnosis prolonged the lives of cancer patients. "All [40] children who used hypnosis with a local anaesthetic felt much less pain than children who were just given the local anaesthetic," said Dr Liossi. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3642764.stm
Lily Allen: "Hypnosis Helped Me Lose Weight" Source: ChinaDaily.com October 9, 2007 "Lily Allen has something to smile about. She has been flaunting her newly svelte figure all over Paris fashion week. So how did the British songbird drop from a 12 to an 8? Hypnosis. "After the hypnotism, I want to go to the gym every day, otherwise I feel really bad,” Allen, 22, said. “I just want to get more toned and healthy. I'm really good about everything at the moment -- I've never been happier.”
Hypnosis 'Eases Cancer Op Pain' Source: BBC News August 29, 2007 Breast cancer patients need less anaesthetic during operations if they have been relaxed by hypnosis beforehand, US research suggests. Patients in the study of 200 women by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine also reported less pain afterwards. Dr David Spiegel, from Stanford University School of Medicine, wrote in the journal: "You have to pay attention to pain for it to hurt, and it is entirely possible to substantially alter pain perception during surgical procedures by inducing hypnotic relaxation, transforming perception in parts of the body, or directing attention elsewhere." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6969298.stm
Hypnosis Helps Patients Control Stress And Anxiety Source: University of Florida News August 3, 2000 A study directed by UF counseling psychologist Paul Schauble found that women who learn hypnosis before delivering babies suffer fewer complications, need less medication and are more likely to have healthier babies than are women without hypnosis. A group of 20 patients who received hypnosis preparation were compared with 20 who were given supportive counseling and 20 patients in a control group who received only the standard prenatal care. None of the women who received hypnosis required surgical intervention in their deliveries, compared with 12 in the supportive counseling group and eight in the control group, he said. http://news.ufl.edu/2000/08/03/hypnosis/
Hypnosis 'Can Ease Bowel Illness' Source: BBC News May 25, 2007 Hypnotherapy could help people with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), researchers say. Many scientists now believe that the cause in many cases is a combination of mental and physical factors, and that the drugs commonly used to tackle it may be aiming at the wrong target. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6688579.stm
Hypnosis May Help Anxious Teens Source: BBC News January 4, 2007 A small study found that hypnotherapy helped psychological treatment in reducing anxiety and feelings of helplessness in students. The effects of hypnotherapy were found to be greater than those of more traditional relaxation techniques. David Byron, a senior specialist educational psychologist for Hampshire County Council, said: "It seems to empower the students to change their lives and it's not me doing it, it's them." "There is no doubt it has a tremendous amount to offer." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6230327.stm
Harvard University Study: Hypnosis Alters Brain Source: Harvard University Gazette August 21, 2000 "Does changing a brain by hypnosis mean hypnotizables can gain more control over what are normally involuntary functions of the brain – responses to stress, regulation of hormones, control of the immune system, for instance? Maybe. David Spiegel of Stanford University School of Medicine, who collaborated on the color experiments, is interested in the possibility of bolstering the body's defenses against disease by psychological means that might include hypnosis. Evidence exists that strengthening these defenses may reduce the rate of growth of cancer tumor." http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/08.21/hypnosis.html
Hypnosis could Banish Hay-fever Source: BBC News April 26, 2005 A Swiss team at Basle University taught 66 people with hay-fever the art of hypnosis and found it helped them alleviate symptoms such as runny nose. Using a machine that measured how forcefully a person could exhale through their nose, the researchers found that the hypnosis was helping to improve nasal airflow, even when the volunteers were exposed to things that triggered their hay-fever, such as pollen and grass. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4485969.stm
Stanford University Study: Hypnosis Can Transform Perception Source: Stanford Online Report September 6, 2000 "By using PET scans to monitor neural activity, researchers demonstrated that the brain processes visual input differently under hypnosis allowing subjects to "see" color when they are actually staring at a black-and-white image. By bolstering the idea that hypnosis transforms perception, the study supports the use of the technique to improve athletic and intellectual performance and even to "think away" pain." http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2000/september6/hypnosis-96.html
Study: Exercise Has Long-Lasting Effect on Depression Source: Duke University Friday, September 22, 2000 "After demonstrating that 30 minutes of brisk exercise three times a week is just as effective as drug therapy in relieving the symptoms of major depression in the short term, medical center researchers have now shown that continued exercise greatly reduces the chances of the depression returning." http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2000/09/exercise922.html
Hypnosis 'doubles IVF success' Source: BBC News June 29, 2004 A team from Soroka University, Israel, found 28% of women in the group who were hypnotised became pregnant, compared with 14% of those who were not. The study of 185 women was presented to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Berlin. Dr Eliahu Levitas, who led the research, told the conference: "Embryo transfer is known to be a stressful time for patients, and it may be that the procedure is the peak of their stress in IVF. Hypnosis may be related to a tranquilising effect. "Performing embryo transfer under hypnosis may significantly contribute to an increased clinical pregnancy rate." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3849727.stm
Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists Source: NewsTarget.com Tuesday, July 5, 2005 "Over 750,000 people actually do die in the United States every year, although not from plane crashes. They die from something far more common and rarely perceived by the public as dangerous: modern medicine. According to the groundbreaking 2003 medical report Death by Medicine, by Drs. Gary Null, Carolyn Dean, Martin Feldman, Debora Rasio and Dorothy Smith, 783,936 people in the United States die every year from conventional medicine mistakes. That's the equivalent of six jumbo jet crashes a day for an entire year." http://www.newstarget.com/009278.html
Hypnotherapy Plan for Childbirth Source: BBC News May 30, 2005 "Many women are afraid of childbirth," said Renee Buchanan, a hypnotherapist and member of the UK HypnoBirthing Advisory Board. "They hear stories about dramatic and painful births which are also depicted on TV. This causes tension which in turn causes pain and doesn't allow the birth to progress as naturally as it should." "HypnoBirthing doesn't promise pain-free labour but says labour should be much more comfortable. It allows women to enjoy having their babies instead of it being something they fear." HypnoBirthing was developed in the US 15 years ago and is based on the work of an English obstetrician and founder of the National Childbirth Trust, Dr Grantly Dick-Read. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4593427.stm
Hypnosis Can Help Shed Weight Without Pill Popping Source: ABC News Sept. 17, 2005 "Judy Lederman has struggled with her weight all her life, and said hypnosis helped her lose 95 pounds. "I've tried every diet known to man," she said. Not wanting to deal with another diet, she went to a hypnotist. At the time, Lederman weighed 224 pounds. Initially, she was skeptical. Not so, when she saw the results." http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=1132645
'Hypnotherapy Changed My Life' Source: BBC News January 4, 2004 Charles Sidi, 34, suffered stomach problems for years before he was cured by a course of hypnotherapy at the only UK centre of its kind at Manchester's Withington Hospital. "I spend between 10 minutes and half an hour a day on relaxation techniques because if I'm not stressed, my stomach is fine. But the hypnotherapy isn't just about helping the IBS. It gives you a more positive mental attitude. The difference between before and after the treatment was remarkable." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3345035.stm
Hypnosis Eases Breast Cancer Surgery Pain: Study Source: Reuters Tuesday, Aug 28, 2007 "One hour prior to breast cancer surgery, 100 women underwent hypnosis for 15 minutes and the rest had 15 minutes of counseling with a psychologist. Those who received hypnosis needed less anesthesia during the operation, reported less pain afterward and their procedures took less time. They spent 11 minutes less in surgery, amounting to $773 per patient in reduced surgical costs, according to the study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In a commentary in the same journal, Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University School of Medicine wrote, "You have to pay attention to pain for it to hurt, and it is entirely possible to substantially alter pain perception during surgical procedures by inducing hypnotic relaxation." http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2827495620070828
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