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.