
ABC News Report, Hypnosis Helps in Cancer Surgery,
August 2007
ABC News Report
“Researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New
York showed that a 15-minute hypnosis session reduced side
effects including pain, nausea and emotional distress in
patients undergoing breast cancer operations.”
PBS Special, The New Medicine, April 2006
The New Medicine
Hypnosis is highlighted as a tool for pain control and
healing.
Time, “Mind over Medicine”, March 27, 2006
“Hypnosis as an alternative to sedation is making a comeback
in the operating room … Hypnotized patients recover more
quickly, with less pain and with fewer side effects.”
CNN, May 2004
Swedish researchers recommend hypnotherapy as first
treatment of choice for Colitis and Irritable Bowel
Syndrome.
O Magazine, August 2004
Eighteen studies showed that clients who learned
self-hypnosis lost twice as much weight as those who didn’t.
The Wall Street Journal, October 2003
“…new findings are leading major hospitals to try hypnosis
to help relieve pain and speed recovery in a variety of
illnesses.”
Good Housekeeping, March 2003
“Hypnosis can … improve breathing for some asthmatics,
prevent the nausea and vomiting associated with
chemotherapy, and ease various skin conditions …”
Anesthesia and Analgesia, June 2002
A meta analysis of 20 controlled studies found that patients
who received hypnotherapy before or during surgery fared
better than 89 percent of patients in control groups. Among
the benefits were reduced anxiety, pain and postoperative
nausea and vomiting, less blood loss, and shorter hospital
stays. |