{"id":778,"date":"2025-11-11T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/?p=778"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:39:15","slug":"self-guided-hypnosis-significantly-reduces-menopausal-hot-flashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/self-guided-hypnosis-significantly-reduces-menopausal-hot-flashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Guided Hypnosis Significantly Reduces Menopausal Hot Flashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor University News<br \/>\n11-11-2025<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.baylor.edu\/news\/story\/2025\/self-guided-hypnosis-significantly-reduces-menopausal-hot-flashes\">Source hyperlink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Self-Guided Hypnosis Significantly Reduces Menopausal Hot Flashes<\/p>\n<p>This report highlights the results of a multicenter randomized clinical trial led by Baylor University\u2019s Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory, published in JAMA Network Open in late 2025. The study addressed a critical need for non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms, specifically for women who cannot take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) due to health history (such as breast cancer survivors).<\/p>\n<p>The trial compared a &#8220;self-guided hypnosis&#8221; program against a sham control group (listening to white noise). Participants in the hypnosis group utilized a 6-week audio program designed to induce relaxation and coolness.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were statistically significant:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After six weeks of daily self-hypnosis audio recordings, participants reported a 53.4% reduction in both frequency and intensity of hot flashes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the benefits appeared to increase over time. At the 3-month follow-up mark, the reduction in symptoms for the hypnosis group improved to 60.9%, compared to only a ~40% placebo response in the control group. Lead researcher Dr. Gary R. Elkins noted that this study is a &#8220;major breakthrough&#8221; because it demonstrates that women can effectively learn and apply these techniques on their own without needing daily therapist visits, making the treatment highly accessible and scalable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor University News 11-11-2025 Source hyperlink Self-Guided Hypnosis Significantly Reduces Menopausal Hot Flashes This report highlights the results of a multicenter randomized clinical trial led by Baylor University\u2019s Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory, published in JAMA Network Open in late 2025. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/self-guided-hypnosis-significantly-reduces-menopausal-hot-flashes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hypno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}