In the movies, hypnosis usually involves someone falling under the magical spell of a villainous character. The hypnotized person then goes into a trace and carries out the hypnotizer's nefarious ...

Experts estimate that between 15-30 percent of the population is highly hypnotizable. A Stanford study showed that about 25 percent of the population is very difficult, if not impossible, to hypnotize ...

Have you ever had the experience of driving your car, arriving at a destination, and not being able to fully remember what you saw all along the way? Have you been in the shower and found yourself ...

Self-help guru Paul McKenna has urged medics to harness the power of hypnosis after the NHS used it to treat a 13-year-old ...

For those feeling the stress of the yuletide season, some therapists are recommending something other than extra-strong eggnog to take the edge off. Patrick Marsolek promotes self- hypnosis, which he ...

NEW YORK - A few brief self-hypnosis classes may not persuade women to skip epidural painkillers while giving birth, according to a new Danish study. Researchers found that a group of women who had ...