Hypnosis in the press
Smoking
Smoking linked to childrens behaviour. Women who smoke while pregnant could be affecting the future behaviour of their child, experts have warned. (ITN 1st August 2005)
Smoking could lower your intelligence Smoking not only damages lungs and arteries, it may also lower your IQ, researchers have found. (Daily Mail - 9th December 2004)
Could hypnotism or patches help you give up smoking? Two testers report on hypnosis and nicotine patches. (Daily Mail - January 2003)
Relaxing Way To Kick The Habit.a variety of techniques to help people focus on why they want to kick the habit, and stick to that decision. (BBC News - March 2004)
Anxiety/Panic Attacks
Hypnosis can help with problems from anxiety to pain. How it works, and what it does in the brain. Article written following a visit to a fellow Quest Institute Trained Graduate and good friend, Tim Martin. (Newsweek - October 2004)
How To Beat Panic Attacks.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice at the moment, says Stephen Garsid from the National Phobics Society (Dail Mail - December 2001)
Depression
DEPRESSION: Finding Light At The End Of The Tunnel . If you are struggling with depression, are on medication, are about to be put on medication or on nothing at all, it may help you to deal with the underlying issues of the depression. (The Natural Healer)
Hay Fever
Hay fever sufferers could benefit from using self-hypnosis, researchers say. 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. (BBC 26th April 2005)
Pain Management
Hypnosis may help beat pain. Hypnosis can lower patients pain and anxiety (Dail Mail - October 2004)
Hypnosis Reduces Cancer Pain. Children who had been hypnotised in trials reported they had less pain from medical procedures as well as cancer-related pain. (BBC News - September 2004)
Hypnotherapy: A Drug Free Way to Pain Management Margaret arrived at my office in a wheelchair. She was able to walk but her pain was excruciating and the chair afforded her some relief. (The Natural Healer)
Fertility Treatment
How to make a baby Having trouble conceiving? A change in diet, some stress-busting hypnotherapy or a course of reflexology could make all the difference. But which treatments really work? Maxine Frith investigates (Independent On Sunday June 2006)
Hypnosis "doubles IVF success" Hypnosis can double the success of IVF treatment, researchers have claimed. 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. (BBC News 29th June 2004)
Hypnotism gave me the baby I longed for Holding my baby Owain is a dream come true. For four years, I had tried to get pregnant, by almost every method imaginable, and now I have my longedfor son. (Daily Mail December 2002)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Hypnotherapy changed my life. Charles Sidi, 34, suffered stomach problems for years before he was cured by a course of hypnotherapy (BBC News - January 2004)
Imagine your gut as a river... Visualising your digestive system as a river may not seem the most obvious way of treating an illness. But that is exactly how hypnotherapists at a unique centre in Withington Hospital, Manchester, have been helping people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. (BBC News - January 2004)
General Articles
Hypnosis Goes Mainstream. By learning self-hypnosis, you can help reduce pain and anxiety. (Web Med - Aug 2005)
Hypnosis really changes your mind. Hypnosis is more than just a party trick, it measurably changes how the brain works, says a UK researcher. (New Scientist - September 2004)
Hypnosis is not just a stage trick. Hypnosis, long the focus of sceptics doubts, really works, scientists say. (Dail Mail - February 2002)
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