The closest I came to serving on a jury was 20 years ago. When I was summoned for jury duty, my initial reaction was that it would be incredibly difficult, as it would require me to take time off from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hypnosis has been around for centuries. The earliest references to hypnosis date back to ancient Egypt and Greece. In Greek, the word “Hypnos” refers to the god of sleep. As time went on and into the ...

Hypnotherapist Lisa Machenberg uses the method on her three children. — -- Hypnosis is a clinical technique typically used to treat conditions like anxiety and pain but some say it could also ...

Sleep hypnosis could be a potential therapy for sleep disorders, but more research is needed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...