Research

Emotional and Physical pain are found in same brain areas

Health-Coaching, Research

Where does emotion hurt in the body? Published on April 19, 2012 by Alan Fogel in Body Sense  When people feel emotional pain, the same areas of the brain get activated as when people feel physical pain: the anterior insula and the anterior cingulate cortex. In one study, these regions were activated when people experienced an experimental social rejection from peers. In …

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Hypnosis Research

Health-Coaching, Hypnosis, Research

Self-Hypnosis Self-hypnosis has been used to treat a wide variety of clinical problems. Succesful outcomes involving self-hypnosis with adults or children have been reported for the treatment of anxiety (including test anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, simple phobia and panic disorder), chronic pain (including psychogenic dysphonia, post-traumatic contractures of the hand, abdominal pain and tension headaches) …

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Evidence Overview of Hypnosis

Hypnosis, Research

Scientific Proof That Hypnosis Works Hypnosis, or more precisely hypnotherapy, is one of the most studied modes of behavioural change. Here is some of that researched evidence: 90.6% Success Rate for Smoking Cessation Using Hypnosis Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent from tobacco use at follow-up (6 months to …

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Medical Hypnosis Evidence

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Hypnosis Helps Healing: Surgical Wounds Mend Faster, Harvard University Gazette, William J. Cromie, May 8, 2003, http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosos.html. Hypnotherapy for Chronic Pain, altMD smart alternatives, http://www.altmd.com/Articles/Hypnotherapy-for-Chronic-Pain (Studies indicate that 75 percent of clinical and experimental participants with different types of pain can obtain substantial pain relief through hypnotherapy.) Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, November and December 2004, http://journals.lww.com/rapm/Abstract/2004/11000/Clinical_Hypnosis_Modulates_Functional_Magnetic.8.aspx (volunteers under hypnosis experienced …

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Hypnosis – American Cancer Society

Cancer, Coaching, Health-Coaching, Hypnosis, Research

Hypnosis Other common name(s): hypnotherapy, hypnotic suggestion, self-hypnosis Scientific/medical name(s): none Description Hypnosis is a state of restful alertness during which a person uses deeply focused concentration. The person can be relatively unaware of, but not completely blind to, his or her surroundings, and he or she may be more open to suggestion. It is considered to …

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Bevolkingsonderzoek Borstkanker ook onnodige behandelingen

Cancer, Research

Het bevolkingsonderzoek borstkanker voorkomt elk jaar 775 doden, claimt de site van het RIVM. Maar elk jaar krijgen ook 375 vrouwen onnodig een behandeling tegen borstkanker omdat de screening een afwijking constateert die eigenlijk niet levensbedreigend is en waarvan de vrouw anders nooit iets zou hebben geweten. In Nederland krijgen vrouwen tussen de 50 en …

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