http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Hypnotherapy helps fight IBS symptoms. These are the findings of a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden which proposes implementing this treatment method into the care of severe sufferers of this common disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hypnosis-patients-ibs.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:27:52 EST news275056061 (Medical Xpress)—Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW–Madison neuroscientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meditation-expertise-pain.html Neuroscience Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:16:10 EST news272268964 Hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74%, shows a study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This is the first controlled, randomized study of the technique to manage hot flashes, which affect as much as 80% of women who go through menopause. The study was published online this month in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hypnosis-hot.html Cancer Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:40:01 EST news270296976 Hypnosis can be a highly effective treatment for the bowel disorder IBS. Studies involving a total of 346 patients conducted by researchers at The Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, showed that hypnotherapy alleviated symptoms in 40 per cent of those affected – and that the improvement is long-term. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-hypnosis-effective-treatment-ibs.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:04:20 EST news252587045 (AP) -- As the surgeons cut into her neck, Marianne Marquis was thinking of the beach. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-hypnosis-eases-pain-recovery-surgery.html Other Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:35:54 EST news230984868 When Don Gotler was undergoing two procedures preparing him for treatment for his esophageal cancer last year, his doctor asked if he wanted to take part in the hospital's new hypnotherapy program. Combined with anesthesia, he was told, the hypnosis would help alleviate anxiety and post-surgery pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-relieving-effects-surgery-hypnosis.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:33:03 EST news230308369 Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence and metastases, according to new research to be presented today (Sunday) at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-hypnosislocal-anesthesia-combination-surgery-patients.html Other Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:32:52 EST news227035948