Chronic pain continues to be one of the most challenging health problems that exists. Sadly, the suffering from chronic pain often flummoxes the medical community and leads to people feeling ignored ...

University of Washington researchers think they might be able to use hypnosis to offset pain for patients with spinal cord ...

Hypnosis could play a significant role in at least three areas of dental care: managing acute pain during dental procedures, reducing the anxiety associated with visiting the dentist, and alleviating ...

Hypnosis reduces pain during sharp debridement of skin ulcers in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, with most patients reporting decreased pain awareness and lasting pain relief for ...

Hypnotic cognitive therapy is associated with greater reductions in chronic pain and depression than usual care in patients ...

To the lengthening list of conditions in which reputable medical men now believe that hypnosis may be useful, a psychiatrist last week added cancer. Dr. Jacob H. Conn, a psychiatry professor at Johns ...

Millions of people who live with chronic pain hear some version of the same dismissal: the scan looks fine, so the problem ...

Rachel Silverman* (22 at the time) hunched over in agony and curled up in a ball on her soft, well-worn couch. While many women her age were out socializing with friends and partners after work, her ...

Researchers at UTD's Center for Advanced Pain Studies are making progress on ways to treat persistent pain without opioids, ...

Hypnotic suggestion could allow the brain to more readily accept positive messaging about pain, University of Washington ...