Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Washington are harnessing the power of interactive media and clinical hypnosis to help people manage pain without drugs. The team ...

NHS patients should be hypnotised before surgery to reduce reliance on strong painkillers, doctors say. The Royal College of Anaesthetists has called for more patients to be given self-hypnosis ...

Hypnotising people before surgery is becoming common across the world - including the UK, according to new research. Some patients are even undergoing major operations - without any anaesthetic. They ...

I ran a panel titled “Engineering the Brain” at Technology Review’s EmTech conference yesterday. One of the speakers was Ed Boyden, a new professor at the MIT Media Lab and one of last year’s TR35. He ...