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Monday 8 February 2016

Hypnotherapy against chronic pain: does it matter whether it’s ‘just a placebo’? | Edzard Ernst

Chronic pain is a common and serious problem for many patients. Treatment often includes non-pharmacological approaches despite the mostly flimsy evidence to support them. The objective of this study was to measure the feasibility and efficacy of hypnosis (including self-hypnosis) in the management of chronic pain in older hospitalized patients.

A single center randomized controlled trial using […]

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