Hypnosis found to reduce anxiety during breast biopsies: NewsTarget.com

Women put into a hypnotic state experienced less pain and anxiety during breast biopsies compared with women that are given standard treatment, according to doctors.

New findings presented at the annual conference of the Radiological Society of North America looked at 236 women who were undergoing a needle biopsy to test tissue for cancerous cells. All 236 women had their procedure carried out under local anesthetic in an outpatient setting, but various types of care were assigned throughout the group.

Although there were various methods for care during the biopsies, the researchers found that all the women were anxious before their biopsy. During the procedure, those receiving standard care felt an increase in anxiety, another group with care emphasis on empathy patients stress levels remained the same and the last group who underwent care with hypnosis felt significantly less anxious.

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