News

Hypnotherapy has struggled for scientific acceptance ever since Franz Mesmer claimed in the 18th century that he could cure all manner of ills with what he termed “animal magnetism”. “The whole field is plagued by people who don’t feel research is necessary,” says Peter Whorwell of the University of Manchester in the UK. Whorwell has spent much of his professional life building a body of evidence for the use of hypnosis to treat just one condition: irritable bowel syndrome. IBS is considered a “functional” disorder – a rather derogatory term Read more…

Those brilliant doctors and researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered the answer – New research from Stanford reveals the neural changes associated with hypnosis, and how these changes affect people in the state of hypnosis. Dr David Spiegel, associate chair of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine and his colleagues found the power of hypnosis to alter the mind and body, is due to altered activity and connectivity in three specific areas of the brain. This is reported in a study published on line July Read more…