Hypnotherapy 'cures insomniac'

A woman from Liverpool has been cured of her insomnia after visiting a hypnotherapist, according to the Liverpool Echo.

After surviving for a year on little more than an hour's sleep a night, Kate Byrne was in danger of losing her job.

During her first session, hypnotherapist Kate Davies concluded Ms Byrne was stressed.

Initially, Ms Byrne was sceptical about the value of hypnotherapy but she was convinced to persevere.

Over time, she found she responded more and more to the hypnosis until eventually her sleep pattern returned to normal.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Ms Byrne said: "I feel so much better. I have energy and I'm much calmer generally. It's made me not overact or get wound up at work. I feel like a different person."

In other news, a team of researchers from Pennsylvania believe they may have identified a sleep gene in fruit flies.

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