WebMD talks about the benefits of using meditation, relaxation, or hypnosis to help treat chronic pain.

Hypnosis before surgery can minimize need for anesthetic and painkillers. Aug. 1, 2011— -- Donna Gould keeps a wooden box full of memories from her decade-long battle with breast cancer-- 500 get ...

Hypnotherapy -- or hypnosis -- is a type of nonstandard or "complementary and alternative medicine" treatment. It uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a ...

A simple, meditational relaxation technique (MT) that elicits the changes of decreased sympathetic nervous system activity was compared to a self-hypnosis technique (HT) in which relaxation, with or ...

Aug. 27 -- Hypnosis that attempts to retrieve the truth may actually help convince you of something false, a new study says. The study, presented Sunday at the meeting of the American Psychological ...