There is no evidence that 'incurable' diseases are curable with hypnosis (such as cancer, diabetes, and arthritis), but pain and other body functions related to the diseases are highly controllable. In 1996, the National Institutes of Health technology assessment panel judged hypnosis to be an effective intervention for alleviating pain from cancer and other chronic conditions.
Self-Hypnosis for childbirth
A large number of clinical studies also indicate that hypnosis can reduce the acute pain experienced by patients undergoing childbirth, burn-wound debridement and enduring bone marrow aspirations. An analysis published in a recent issue of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, for example, found that hypnotic suggestions relieved the pain of 75% of 933 subjects participating in 27 different experiments.
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