Russian police to use hypnosis to investigate crimes Lekanov says the first steps in the usage of hypnosis for investigative purpose were made about twenty years ago when his female relative tried to give up smoking. The woman asked psychologist Vladimir Kucherenko to help her. Read More…

Hitler was Hypnotized to Overcome Blindness! The future Furer was hypnotized in the military hospital where he was brought in October 1918 in a difficult psychological condition: he persuaded himself that he had lost his eyesight after the gas attack. Hitler considered himself to become completely blind although the doctors claimed his eyesight was normal. Read More…

Hypnosis Before Breast Cancer Surgery 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. Read More…

Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony Ruled "Unfair" Bain’s body has never been found, but in a 1998 trial Baltovich was convicted, largely on the strength of hypnosis-aided witnesses and a judge’s charge that was found to be unfair on appeal. Read More...

Hypnotist Entances Himself for Surgery Alex Lenkei is not the first patient to reject an anaesthetic in favour of hypnosis before undergoing surgery – but he may be the first to have hypnotised himself. Read More...

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