A Weight Watcher’s website recently brought the topic of office feeders into the limelight, with an entire discussion board dedicated to that colleague who constantly supply’s cake, biscuits and all things calorific. Brian Wansink is an eating behaviourist who is director of nutritional science at Cornell University. In a recent study he found that female read more »

A doctors surgery in East Riding is to begin offering overweight patients the option of hypnotherapy in an attempt to cut obesity rates in the county. Clinical hypnotherapist Shelia Granger is the newest member at Molescroft Surgery and is to work as a private alternative practitioner, trialling hypnotherapy as a treatment for obesity. Ms Granger read more »

Netdoctor has a very useful section of their website which features a number of Q&A’s. One featured question that was particularly of interest to us was ‘Will hypnosis help my panic attacks?’. The patient in question had been told they were suffering from panic attacks or an anxiety state. These attacks were usually characterised by read more »

Oscar winning actor Mel Gibson has recently been going through a tumultuous stage in his life after his recent relationship breakdown and allegations that he abused his girlfriend. According to recent press, in a bid to cope with the situation Gibson turned to Rick Collingwood, founder of The Australian Academy of Hypnosis. Collingwood told RaderOnline read more »

A recent article featured in the Metro highlighted just how effective hypnobirthing can be for men as well as their childbearing partners. The article followed a football loving male whose wife was nearing her due date, so in the interest of science he gave up his beloved Saturday matches to enrol on a hypnobirthing course read more »

The former heads of the complementary medicine charity which was set up and headed by the Prince of Wales, have now joined forces to launch a college which promotes and supports the use of integrated treatment in the NHS. After the recent closure of the Foundation of Integrated Health, its four senior officials have set read more »