'Cool' imagery lowers hot flashes through hypnotherapy

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:35 in Health & Medicine

With an estimated 85 percent of women experiencing hot flashes as they approach menopause, researchers are concentrating on finding effective treatments that do not include hormonal or other pharmaceutical therapies. Now, a new study has shown that women who specifically pictured images associated with coolness during hypnotherapy had a dramatic decrease in hot flashes.

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