Article: YES, THE POWER OF THE MIND CAN HEAL YOUR BODY; As a woman is hypnotised into believing she's had surgery...(News)

Byline: by Michael Hanlon SCIENCE EDITOR

WE OFTEN take the link between our mind and body for granted, yet in truth it is one of the least understood phenomena in the whole of science.

Take the strange case of Marion Corns. Last week, it was reported that Mrs Corns, who is from Merseyside, allowed herself to be hypnotised after becoming obese.

After trying the usual diets and exercise regimes with no success, she travelled to a clinic in Spain where she was put into an altered state of consciousness and then 'talked through', in step-by-step detail, the procedure for a drastic weight-loss operation.

Mrs Corns did not actually go under ...

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