Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a cool winter afternoon in 2010, Sunny strolled into a regal London building with the distinct purpose of ...

Hypnosis isn’t magic, even if it's sometimes presented that way — it can’t cure alcoholism on its own, but hypnotherapy can make a useful addition to a treatment plan for alcohol use disorders or ...

Some people have reported that hypnosis helped them quit smoking. However, more research is necessary to determine how effective it may be. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the ...

Imagine yourself lying on an operating table in a humid hospital tent near abattle front during the Vietnam War. Writhing in agony, you plead with the medics to give you something to relieve the pain ...

Hypnotherapy -- or hypnosis -- is a type of nonstandard or "complementary and alternative medicine" treatment. It uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. When you hear about hypnosis, you probably have some pre-conceived notions about what it ...

Hypnotic Eye in No Man's Sky is a tradable item introduced in the Abyss update. It is a type of Horrific sample that is alive in your inventory. Commonly used for upgrading, refining, and cooking, the ...

A person’s susceptibility to hypnosis has long been considered a pretty static trait. You may be highly hypnotizable, or you may be part of the nearly 25% of people who can’t really be hypnotized at ...

The proof-of-concept study suggests it might be possible to boost the effectiveness of hypnosis for health conditions like chronic pain. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers at Stanford University say ...

Sending electrical pulses to a specific part of the brain makes people more susceptible to hypnosis. While the research is still at an early stage, this could eventually lead to more widespread use of ...

There are no swinging pocket watches, and it’s nothing like the ‘sunken place’ scene in Get Out. Hypnosis is ‘a naturally occurring state of highly focused attention’, says David Spiegel, a professor ...