KAAL-TV - (KAAL) -- Many of us think of hypnosis as a mumbo-jumbo parlor trick best confined to Vegas lounges where people are convinced to act like chickens. Increasingly though, hypnosis is used as a medical tool to help patients with a wide variety of link

Villages Daily Sun - THE VILLAGES — Robert Hazlett’s calming words have helped many people to lose weight or stop smoking over the past 30 years. Some have sought his help in lessening their chronic pain, and others have found the Villager can help them improve their more

KAAL-TV - (KAAL) -- Many of us think of hypnosis as a mumbo-jumbo parlor trick best confined to Vegas lounges where people are convinced to act like chickens. Increasingly though, hypnosis is used as a medical tool to help patients with a wide variety of more

Grand Forks Herald - Turn Off TV, see hypnotic chickenDear Shirley, Have you ever seen anyone hypnotize a chicken? Well, I hadn't even thought about such a possibility, until this week. That's when I went over to Sacred Heart School Monday for the beginning of Turn Off more

KGMB9 - Prosecutors allege he hypnotized then sexually assaulted his students. "He violated their innocence for his own sexual gratification," deputy prosecutor Thalia Murphy said. For 30 minutes Daniel Jones, 21, listened to the accusations of sexual more

Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Hoping to help Mississippians wage their battle against the bulge, more metro-area business are offering alternative - but sometimes unproven - weight-loss methods. Ear stapling, body wrapping, hypnosis and laser treatments are a few of the trends to see more

KGMB9 - Prosecutors allege he hypnotized then sexually assaulted his students. "He violated their innocence for his own sexual gratification," deputy prosecutor Thalia Murphy said. For 30 minutes Daniel Jones, 21, listened to the accusations of sexual see more

A Current Affair - Everyone knows diet and exercise will help you lose weight but Mark Stephens claims his do-it-yourself hypnosis kit, Think Slim, can trick your mind into helping you shed kilos. "People have been getting it wrong for a long time. Diets do work — it read more

Journal Times - If you see anybody shuffling around Burlington on hands and knees, barking like a dog, it's not Michael Boyer's fault. Before Thursday's program at the Veterans Memorial Building, a guy sitting next to me and I traded stories of our only previous more

Playfuls - A recently published small study shows that a therapy based on hypnosis seems to have promising results when it comes to treating chest pain that is not caused by a heart condition, otherwise known as non-cardiac chest pain. Around a third of see more

Femalefirst.co.uk - Hypnotherapy, a therapy based on or using hypnosis, could provide significant relief from chest pain that is not caused by a heart condition, says a study. About a third of people who have chest pain have no identifiable cause for the reason link

Health 24 - Hypnosis may help ease chest pain that's not caused by a heart condition (non-cardiac chest pain), according to a small British study of 28 patients. While the cause of non-cardiac chest pain is unknown, acid reflux and psychological problems are see more

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hypnosis and acupuncture are promising approaches to relieve pain during labor and delivery, but more research is needed to determine whether these two strategies, as well as other complementary therapies - such as massage see more

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Los Angeles Times - We need to reinvent their roles to combat the $40-million mass-hypnosis marketing that occurs every weekend a big movie opens. If I were king I would firmly plant our critics in the new media world with blogs and podcasts, allowing them not only to more

HealthScout - THURSDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Hypnosis may help ease chest pain that's not caused by a heart condition (non-cardiac chest pain), according to a small British study of 28 patients. While the cause of non-cardiac chest pain is unknown, acid see more

Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 19 - Patients with non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) are notoriously difficult to treat, but now British investigators report that hypnosis provides significant pain relief and improves patients' sense of general well-being read more

Broadway World - New York — The jawline cuts with the same diamond precision. The platypus lips are as delectably thickset as ever. And the subtle wave in her reddish-brown hasn't lost its power to hypnotize. But Joe Mantello's production of "Three Days of Rain" at link

Daily Independent - Periodically in local newspapers, there is a traveling hypnosis clinic that “specializes” in weight loss and/or smoking cessation. After attending this $50 seminar, I found it to be very high pressured sales for vitamins, tapes, CDs, etc., that link

Post Online - Gypsies and belly dancers use their gyrating hips, pounding bongos and quivering tambourines to hypnotize hookah smokers every Tuesday night at Shishah Café, 33 N. Court St. The authenticity of Gypsy Wagon’s Middle Eastern music and artfulness of read more

Contra Costa Times - • Peripheral neuropathy support -- 6-8 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Cross, 1744 University Ave., Berkeley. Program includes meditation and self-hypnosis. 510-527-3568. • Lecture series on Berkeley -- 7 p.m., Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge link

Tribune-Chronicle - Those were my immediate questions after hypnotherapists Trena Caskey and Bill Graham offered to hypnotize me to demonstrate their craft. I had just devoured a sizable lunch, and I didn't want to lose it. Caskey and Graham run Mind-Key Center on see more

New Richmond News - Hypnosis isn’t considered the entertaining parlor trick it used to be. Instead, hypnotherapy is being used more and more as an alternative medical approach to help individuals stop smoking, lose weight, manage stress, improve athletic performance link

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A Current Affair - Hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood, from the Australian Academy of Hypnosis, claims to ease everything from smoking addiction and insomnia to depression. A Current Affair decided to put Collingwood to the test, getting him to hypnotise one of ACAs see more

Mass Media - If only we could hypnotize ourselves into studying for exams instead of surfing through random websites. The strange thing is --- we do. Hypnosis is a strange phenomenon that scientists still can't explain, which may be a good thing considering the read more

Washington Times - A British program has shown the first operation to be broadcast on live television using hypnosis as the anaesthetic. Tom Hennigan, a consultant surgeon at the Princess Royal Hospital in Britain, made an incision in the groin to repair a hernia, The see more

Health 24 - The scientists at the University of Goettingen say they are able to teach patients to hypnotise themselves into easing and in some cases wholly alleviating chronic pain. "Our method is proven to be effective for patients with back pain, neck pain and read more

New Zealand Herald - A British surgeon will today attempt to carry out the first operation to be broadcast on live television using hypnosis in place of anaesthetic. Tom Hennigan, consultant surgeon at the Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough, Kent, will this morning (NZ read more

Gulf Times - LONDON: A surgeon will tonight attempt to carry out the first operation to be broadcast on live television using hypnosis in place of anaesthetic. Tom Hennigan, consultant surgeon at the Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough, Kent, will perform a see more

HealthScout - SATURDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Spring is here, and a new poll finds 60 percent of Americans agreeing that this season is the best time to rid homes of dirt and clutter. Another 37 percent say they prefer to do their major household cleaning at see more

KBCI 2 Boise - IDAHO FALLS, Idaho  An Idaho Falls hypnotherapist has been charged with misdeameanor battery after two women accused him of fondling them while they were under hypnosis. 59-year-old Edward Barry Tegeler faces four counts of misdemeanor battery. One more

KBCI 2 Boise - IDAHO FALLS, Idaho  An Idaho Falls hypnotherapist has been charged with misdeameanor battery after two women accused him of fondling them while they were under hypnosis. 59-year-old Edward Barry Tegeler faces four counts of misdemeanor battery. One see more

KTRK - Crosby that she's experiencing more memories of Tess' time with Nash and asks him to hypnotize her. Rex and Adriana are blissfully in love. Adriana's stalker strikes again. Clint goes to see Dorian after sharing a kiss with Viki. Tomorrow on One read more

Lodi News-Sentinel - Grape Festival-goers will gravitate toward Hollywood Hypnotist Kevin Stone's hypnosis show — a new event at the festival this year. link

Jewish News Weekly - One of his sidelines is hypnotherapy and, he says, Jewish clients under hypnosis often cite a seder as their earliest Jewish memory. That’s true for him too. “I remember very vividly that when we opened the door for Elijah, the wine glass went more

Waterbury Republican-American - As the surgeon's knife cut into her chest, Pippa Plaisted, 46, should have been in agony. The 45-minute breast cancer operation she was undergoing at Lister Hospital, London, would normally have needed a general anesthetic. But Plaisted hadn't been link

Canton Repository - They can empower us and enrage us, and by night their fluid ribbons of red and white lights can hypnotize us. “It’s almost impossible to imagine anything about our lives that it has not completely reshaped,” said Elton McGoun, who teaches a see more

Providence Journal - Beth and Christopher Adamo were intrigued by HypnoBirthing from the moment they first heard about it on a television news show: They loved the idea of women using self-hypnosis techniques to give birth easily and naturally. "It was kind of amazing to see more

Onlypunjab.com - I'm going to break the code of silence. There is marketer out there who, I am not ashamed to say, I truly admire. There is a guy who, many years ago, taught me some things about copywriting that forever changed the way I advertise my products. The see more

Independent Record - CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who alleged she was put under drug-induced hypnosis and then convinced she was part of a satanic cult has settled her medical malpractice lawsuit for $7.5 million, her attorney said. A Cook County judge approved the more

Independent Record - Shodair denies claim of former employees. HELENA — A psychiatrist who lost his license over allegations he used drugs and hypnosis to convince a patient she killed scores of people in satanic rituals, has been involved in treating patients at a link

Detroit News - Rena Greenberg, founder and CEO of Wellness Seminars, offers hypnosis seminars in Metro Detroit. Sessions for smoking cessation also will be offered. Here's a schedule: 1-3 p.m. today, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, 5305 Elliott Drive, Administration see more