This 200-year-old treatment can be effective for a variety of conditions, but it does take work. By Hannah Seo In the 1770s, a German physician named Franz Mesmer made a splash when he said he could ...

Patients were recruited from 2 U.S.-based universities and, at baseline, reported a minimum of 4 daily (or 28 weekly) hot flashes. At week 6, the hypnosis group experienced a greater reduction in ...