Would you have surgery without an anaesthetic?

The Times
Daniel Elkan is mesmerised by a woman who did.
When Pippa Plaisted was told that she would need a fourth breast cancer operation, it was not the surgery that worried her most. Like many people, the idea of an operation did terrify Pippa, a 46-year-old personal trainer, but this procedure — to reposition an artificial [...]

Is indigestion all in the mind?

The Times

Is indigestion all in the mind?
Hypnosis can help to settle everyday problems in the stomach, but it isn’t easily available on the NHS
By Simon Crompton
IT MAY NOT BE life-threatening, but the gnawing pain, nausea, burning and bloating of indigestion often deeply disrupt daily life. More than one in ten of us suffers from indigestion [...]