Surgery: Hypnosis given during surgical radiology not only diminishes patients pain and anxiety, but also shortens surgical time and reduces complications from the procedure. (Lancet, 2000)
Cancer: Many cancer patients suffer nausea and vomiting not only after chemotherapy, but before treatment. In a study of 16 subjects who normally experience these symptoms, hypnosis alleviated prechemotherapy sickness in all of them. (Oncolog, 2000)
Immunity: Hypnosis seems to significantly raise the activity of B-cells and T-cell both key to immune response in highly hypnotizable subjects. (American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1995)
Pain: In 169 patients, self-hypnosis was largely successful in alleviating chronic tension headaches, (International Journal of Clinical Experimental Hypnosis, 2000)
Smoking: Of almost 3,000 smokes who participated in one group hypnotherapy session, sponsored by the American Lung Association, to kick the habit, 22% reported not smoking for a month afterward. (The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2000)