When you think about hypnosis, what do you visualize? For many, it’s a clock-swinging magician or a comedy act that forces an unwitting volunteer to make embarrassing public admissions on stage. But ...

Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...

Meet Oneleaf, a new startup that wants to make hypnosis mainstream. The startup has designed an app that helps you get started with hypnosis and follow various programs to quit smoking, reduce anxiety ...

This 200-year-old treatment can be effective for a variety of conditions, but it does take work. By Hannah Seo In the 1770s, a German physician named Franz Mesmer made a splash when he said he could ...

For the first time, neuroscientists at Stanford University have discovered how to make people more susceptible to hypnosis. The technique promises to make hypnotherapy more accessible, allowing more ...

The innovative theatrical film that requires audience members to interact with it via their smartphones has earned more than $5 million at Japan's box office: "The audience gets even more engaged with ...

Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team ...

While some people may be skeptical of hypnosis, experts say it’s a legitimate therapy that can help with a range of physical and mental challenges — including, possibly, alcohol use disorder. Clinical ...

Clinical hypnosis has shown to be effective in the treatment of pain, anxiety, stress, cancer treatment side effects, phobias and habit control problems, such as smoking and weight control, according ...

Hypnosis isn’t magic, even if it's sometimes presented that way — it can’t cure alcoholism on its own, but hypnotherapy can make a useful addition to a treatment plan for alcohol use disorders or ...

As of now, snow is missing from the weekend forecast and so, for the most part, are January-like temperatures. Still, the show will go on at the PLYMOUTH ICE FESTIVAL, which kicks off Friday night. As ...