Harvard University Gazette
Hypnosis helps healing:
Surgical wounds mend faster
By William J. Cromie
(Excerpt)...At one week and seven weeks after surgery, nurses and doctors
participating in the study visibly assessed and measured the wounds of all
three groups without knowing which group the women were in. They took digital
photographs for three physicians to review. Each patient also rated her own
healing progress and how much pain she felt on scales of zero to 10.
The result was clear. Marie McBrown and the women who had undergone hypnosis
healed significantly faster than the others. Those who received supportive
attention came in second...
You can find the whole article here:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html
