But a specialist in the condition said the research is too preliminary to indicate whether the strategy actually works.

In the study, reported in the July/August issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, researchers used a video to teach 33 people aged 6 to 19 how to relax through self-hypnosis. The participants all had the tics caused by Tourette syndrome. Read the rest of the article on self-hypnosis.

(Oneida, NY) Hypnotist and stand-up comedian Kevin Hurley brings his special audience-participation show to the Oneida Public Library Monday July 26 at 3 p.m.

In Hurley’s show, willing members of the audience help out with his displays of the power of hypnosis. Under hypnosis, they may forget their own names, suddenly speak in foreign languages or do the completely unexpected. Read the rest of the article.