Monthly Archives: April 2008
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 … Continue reading
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 entrances 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. At Worthing Hospital, Sussex, the 61-year-old registered hypnotist sedated himself with … Continue reading
