Five hundred years ago, Paracelsus,a Swiss physician and alchemist,wondered if diseases could bemanipulated by magnets, usinglodestones as the best magnetsavailable then. But, naturallodestones are quite weak and fewpeople paid much attention to hisideas until the discovery of carbon-steel magnets in the 1700's.During the 1800's, most of thediscoveries relating electricity tomagnetism were made by the earlypioneers of our modern technicalworld, men such as Gauss, Weber,Faraday and Maxwell among othersOne of the more interesting magnetictheories postulates something called"Magnetic Field DeficiencySyndrome." It is offered as anexplanation of biomagnetic effects by

Dr. Kyochi Nakagawa of Japan. TheEarth's magnetic field is not fixed inposition or strength. In the lasthundred years, it has weakened onthe average by about 6 percent. Inthe last thousand years, it has fallennearly 30 percent. Dr. Nakagawaargues that since humans evolved ina magnetic field, it is necessary forproper health. A falling magnetic fieldputs us at risk and magnetic therapymakes up the deficit.The truth is, no one reallyunderstands the mechanisms bywhich magnetic fields affect humanhealth. There are many theories butvery little agreement. It is a problemas complicated as a human being,concerning dozens of organs andthousands of different molecules.Just because you can't explainsomething, doesn't mean it can'thappen.

For two hundred years, it has beenpossible to build magnets from coilsof wire powered by electricity calledelectromagnets. Such devices can bepulsed to produce magnetic fieldsthat change very rapidly. This opensa whole new world of medicalapplications since changing magneticfields can induce tiny electricalcurrents in human tissue. Pulsingelectromagnetic therapy is approvedby the FDA to promote the healing ofserious bone fractures. And powerfulelectromagnets are used in brainand muscle research to generatecurrents strong enough to firenerves that trigger sensations andflex muscles. To date, there havebeen many basic research studiesand many clinical trials of PulsedElectromagnetic Field Therapy .Historically, as far back as 1890, theAmerican Electro-TherapeuticAssociation conducted annual

conferences on the therapeutic useof electricity and electrical devicesby physicians on ailing patients.Some involved current flow throughthe patient, while others wereelectrically powered devices. At first,only direct current (DC) deviceswere utilized in the medical doctor’soffice for relieving pain.

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In 1895, through the genius ofNikola Tesla, the Niagara FallsPower Company began sendingalternating current (AC) to Buffalo,NY, twenty-five miles away. Citiesthroughout the world followed suit

and made commercial AC poweravailable to the general public,even miles from the powergenerating station. As a result,Tesla’s high voltage coil devices,which were powered by AC,started to become widely knownand applied.

In 1898, Tesla published a paperthat he read at the eighth annualmeeting of the American Electro-

Therapeutic Association in Buffalo,NY. He states that one of the earlyobserved and remarkable featuresof pulsed magnetism was theirapparent harmlessness, whichmade it possible to pass relativelygreat amounts of electrical energythrough the body of a person. Coilsup to three feet in diameter wereused for magnetically treating thebody without contact, though ten

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to a hundred thousand voltswere present "between the firstand last turn. Tesla concludesthat bodily "tissues arecondensers" in the 1898 paper,which is the basic component(dielectric) for an equivalentcircuit only recently developedfor the human body. In fact, therelative permittivity for tissue at

any frequency from ELF (10 Hz-100 Hz) through RF (10 kHz-100MHz) exceeds mostcommercially availabledielectrics on the market.

This unique property of thehuman body indicates aninherent adaptation and perhapsinnate compatibility toward thepresence of high voltage

electric fields, probably due tothe high transmembranepotential already present incellular tissue.

Tesla also indicates that theafter-effect from his coiltreatment was certainlybeneficial.

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Constant EnergyMagnets

Long popular in Japan, magnettherapy has entered publicawareness in the United States,stimulated by golfers and tennisplayers extolling the virtues ofmagnets in the treatment ofsports-related injuries. Magneticknee, shoulder, and ankle pads,as well as insoles and mattresspads, are widely available.

Magnet therapy has a longhistory in traditional folkmedicine. Reliable documentationtells us that Chinese doctorsbelieved in the therapeutic valueof magnets at least 2,000 yearsago, and probably earlier thanthat. In 16th century Europe,Paracelsus used magnets to

treat a variety of ailments. Twocenturies later, Mesmer becamefamous for treating variousdisorders with magnets.

In the middle decades of the 20thcentury, scientists in variousparts of the world beganperforming studies on thetherapeutic use of magnets. Fromthe 1940s on, magnets becameincreasingly popular in Japan.Yoshio Manaka, one of theinfluential Japaneseacupuncturists of the twentiethcentury, used magnets inconjunction with acupuncture.Magnet therapy also became acommonly used technique of self-administered medicine in Japan.During the 1970s, both magnetsand electromagnetic machinesbecame popular among athletesin many countries for treatingsports-related injuries.

In the United States, it was only in1997 that properly designedclinical trials of magnets beganto be reported. Results of severalpreliminary studies suggestedthat both static magnets andelectromagnetic therapy mayindeed offer therapeutic benefits

for several disorders. Thesefindings have escalated researchinterest in magnet therapy.

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Pulsed Electromagnetic FieldTherapy is non-static, unliketherapy with magnets, which isstatic.

Pulsed Electromagnetic FieldTherapy is used in two mainways: Pulsed ElectromagneticField Therapy (PEMF) or a specialversion of PEMF called repetitivetranscranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS).

PEMF therapy has been usedto stimulate bone repair in non-union and other fractures sincethe 1970s. This is an accepteduse, which has been approved bythe FDA. Although bone has aremarkable capacity to heal frominjury, in some cases the brokenends do not join: these are callednon-union fractures. PEMF hasshown promise for otherconditions as well. Now, manystudies are showing its benefitsin healing soft-tissue wounds;

suppressing inflammatoryresponses at the cell membranelevel to alleviate pain, andincrease range of motion. PEMF isnow being investigatedexperimentally for osteoarthritis,stress incontinence, migraines,and many other conditions.

A special form ofelectromagnetic therapy,repetitive transcranial magneticstimulation (rTMS), is alsoundergoing close study. rTMS isdesigned specifically to treat thebrain with low-frequencymagnetic pulses. Many studiessuggest that rTMS might bebeneficial for depression. It isalso being studied for thetreatment of Parkinson's disease,epilepsy, schizophrenia, andobsessive-compulsive disorder.

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A short overview of the many PEMF studies.

G e o r g e s L a k h o v s k y

Georges Lakhovsky’s philosophywas that "the amplitude of celloscillations must reach a certainvalue, in order that the organismbe strong enough to repulse thedestructive vibrations fromcertain microbes." He goes on tosay, "The remedy in my opinion, isnot to kill the microbes in contact

with the healthy cells but toreinforce the oscillations of thecell either directly by reinforcingthe activity of the blood or inproducing on the cells a directaction by means of the properrays." Lakhovsky’s Radio-Cellulo-Oscillator (RCO) produced lowfrequency ELF all the way throughgigahertz radiowaves with lots of

"extremely short harmonics."His book, The Secret of Lifewas first published in Englishin 1939. In 1949, a review ofLakhovsky’s work waspublished as Waves That Healby Mark Clement. Lakhovsky’stheory is that each cell in thebody of an organism-be it aplant, an animal, or a human

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Evolution of magnetic therapy fromalternative to traditional medicineVallbona C, Richards T.;Department of Family andCommunity Medicine, BaylorCollege of Medicine, Houston,Texas, USA.

Equipment design for magnetictherapy and "Polus" devicesViktorov VA, Malkov IuV.

Beneficial effects ofelectromagnetic fieldsBassett CA., Bioelectric ResearchCenter, Columbia University,Riverdale, New York 10463.

Clinical effectiveness of magneticfield therapy--a review of theliteratureQuittan M, Schuhfried O, WiesingerGF, Fialka-Moser V.;Universitatsklinik fur PhysikalischeMedizin und Rehabilitation, Wien.

Theoretical and practical aspectsof general magnetotherapy[Article in Russian] Ulashchik VS.

Possible therapeutic applicationsof pulsed magnetic fields[Article in Czech] Navratil L,Hlavaty V, Landsingerova E.

Pulsed magnetotherapy inCzechoslovakia--a review.Jerabek J. National Institute ofPublic Health, Praha, CzechRepublic.

Electromagnetic fields andmagnets. Investigational treatmentfor musculoskeletal disordersTrock DH.; Yale University Schoolof Medicine, New Haven,Connecticut, USA.

A R T H R I T I SA study of the effects of PulsedElectromagnetic Field Therapywith respect to serologicalgrouping in rheumatoid arthritis.Ganguly KS, Sarkar AK, Datta AK,Rakshit A.National Institute for theOrthopaedically Handicapped(NIOH), Calcutta.

A case of congenitalpseudarthrosis of the tibia treatedwith pulsing electromagneticfields. 17-year follow-up.Ito H, Shirai Y, Gembun Y.Department of OrthopaedicSurgery, Nippon Medical School,Tokyo, Japan.

A double-blind trial of the clinicaleffects of pulsed electromagneticfields in osteoarthritis.Trock DH, Bollet AJ, Dyer RH Jr,Fielding LP, Miner WK, Markoll R.Department of Medicine(Rheumatology), Danbury Hospital,CT 06810.

The effect of pulsedelectromagnetic fields in thetreatment of osteoarthritis of theknee and cervical spine. Report ofrandomized, double blind, placebocontrolled trials.Trock DH, Bollet AJ, Markoll R.Department of Medicine, DanburyHospital, CT.

Magnetic pulse treatment for kneeosteoarthritis: a randomised,double-blind, placebo-controlledstudy.Pipitone N, Scott DL.Rheumatology Department, King'sCollege Hospital (Dulwich),London, UK.

Electromagnetic fields for thetreatment of osteoarthritis.Hulme J, Robinson V, DeBie R, WellsG, Judd M, Tugwell P.Cochrane Collaborating Center,Center for Global Health, Institute

of Population Health -University of Ottawa, 1Stewart Street, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5.

Modification of osteoarthritisby pulsed electromagneticfield--a morphological studyCiombor DM, Aaron RK, WangS, Simon B.; Department ofOrthopaedics, Brown MedicalSchool, Providence, RI 02906,USA.

Pulsed magnetic field therapyfor osteoarthritis of the knee--a double-blind sham-controlled trial. Nicolakis P,Kollmitzer J, Crevenna R,Bittner C, Erdogmus CB,Nicolakis J. Department ofPhysical Medicine andRehabilitation, AKH Wien,University of Vienna, Vienna,Austria.

Therapeutic effects of pulsedmagnetic fields on jointdiseasesRiva Sanseverino E, Vannini A,Castellacci P., Universita diBologna, Italy

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C I R C U L A T I O NMicrocirculatory effects of pulsedelectromagnetic fields.Smith TL, Wong-Gibbons D,Maultsby J. Department ofOrthopaedic Surgery, WakeForest University School ofMedicine, Medical Center Blvd.,Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1070,USA.

D E P R E S S I O NInfluence of electromagneticfields on the emotional behaviourof rats[Article in Russian] Semenova TP,Medvinskaia NI, Bliskovka GI,Akoev IG. Institute of CellBiophysics, Russian Academy ofSciences, Pushchino, Moscowregion, 142290 Russia.

Combining high and lowfrequencies in rTMSantidepressive treatment:preliminary results.Conca A, Di Pauli J, Beraus W,Hausmann A, Peschina W,Schneider H, Konig P, HinterhuberH. Departments of Psychiatry Iand II, Regional Hospital, 6830Rankweil, Austria.

Effect of pulsed electromagneticfields (PEMF) on late-phaseosteotomy gap healing in a caninetibial model.Inoue N, Ohnishi I, Chen D, DeitzLW, Schwardt JD, Chao EY.Department of OrthopaedicSurgery, The Johns Hopkins

Autoradiographic evaluation ofelectromagnetic field effects onserotonin (5HT1A) receptors inrat brain.Johnson MT, McCullough J, NindlG, Chamberlain JK. Terre HauteCenter for Medical Education,Indiana University School ofMedicine, Terre Haute, IN 47809,USA.

E N D O M E T R I T I SA low-frequency alternatingmagnetic field, a supersonic-frequency current andinterference currents in thecombined treatment of chronicnonspecific endometritisStrugatskii VM, Popovich LS.

H E A L I N GMagnetic fields in physicaltherapy. Experience inorthopedics and traumatologyrehabilitation

[Article in Italian], Borg MJ,Marcuccio F, Poerio AM,Vangone A.

Treatment of non-union offractures by pulsing electro-magnetic fieldsHutchings J.

Therapeutic effects ofelectromagnetic fields in thestimulation of connective tissuerepairAaron RK, Ciombor DM.,Department of Orthopaedics,Brown University, Providence,Rhode Island 00928.

Effects of static magnetic andpulsed electromagnetic fields onbone healing.

Darendeliler MA, Darendeliler A,Sinclair PM. Discipline ofOrthodontics, Faculty ofDentistry, University of Sydney,Australia.

Effects of pulsed magnetic energyon a microsurgically transferredvessel.Roland D, Ferder M, Kothuru R,Faierman T, Strauch B.Department of Plastic andReconstructive Surgery at the

Albert Einstein College ofMedicine, Bronx, NY, USA.

Pulsed electromagnetic fields inexperimental cutaneous woundhealing in rats.Patino O, Grana D, Bolgiani A,Prezzavento G, Mino J, Merlo A,Benaim F. Department ofPostgraduate Reconstructiveand Plastic

Exposure to pulsed magneticfields enhances motor recoveryin cats after spinal cord injury.Crowe MJ, Sun ZP, BattoclettiJH, Macias MY, Pintar FA,Maiman DJ. NeuroscienceResearch Laboratories, TheClement J. Zablocki VA MedicalCenter, Milwaukee, WI 53295,USA. mcrowe@mcw.edu

Pulsed electromagnetic fieldsfor the treatment of bonefractures.Satter Syed A, Islam MS,Rabbani KS, Talukder MS.Industrial Physics Division,BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka.

The effect of pulsedelectromagnetic fields on flexortendon healing in chickens.

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Pioneersbeing-is in itself a little radioreceiver and works on its ownspecial little frequency.Each cell, in addition to beingtissue, in addition to beingbiology, is also electricity. On thattheory, he held that pathologywas a not matter of biologicalconcern or intervention, but oneof electrical concern andintervention. The record of his

treatment of degenerativedisease, with what amounts to anearly "energy-medicine" device,was remarkable.

A n t o i n e P r i o r eAntoine Priore’s electromagnetictherapy machine was perfectedduring the 1960’s and early 70’sas a team of leading Frenchscientists demonstrated

conclusive, total remissions ofterminal tumors and infectiousdiseases in hundreds oflaboratory animals…funded by theFrench Government. Completeremission of the treated diseaseswas obtained. In addition, theanimals’ immune systems werealso restored to normal.

Antoine Priore began working in1944-45, right after the war, todevelop an electromagneticdevice which cured cancer. Hegot the backing of some veryinteresting and courageouspeople, including the world-famous immunologist Dr.Raymond Pautrizel, of theUniversity of Bordeaux II, who didall the animal work. When Dr.

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Pautrizel arrived on the scene, hedecided to take the research inanother direction and began to usethe machine to treat what he knewbest, which was sleeping sicknessin animals. Sleeping sickness wasof primary concern to Dr.Pautrizel, because it is awidespread affliction in tropicalcountries. When he injected rabbitswith the pathogen trypansome,

which causes sleeping sickness,the rabbits would all die within 72hours. But, when exposed to thePriore device, these same rabbitswould live. Yet their blood was stillteeming with the trypanosomes,which could be extracted from theradiated rabbits and injected intoother control rabbits, which wouldthen die. This implies that themachine was doing something

electromagnetically to theimmune system of the rabbitssuch that they were able tofight off a lethal disease, whichwould normally kill them in 72hours!

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Robotti E, Zimbler AG, Kenna D,Grossman JA. Miami Children'sHospital, USA.

The influence of pulsed electricalstimulation on the wound healingof burned rat skin.Castillo E, Sumano H, Fortoul TI,Zepeda A. Department ofPhysiology and Pharmacology,School of Veterinary Medicine,National Autonomous University ofMexico, Mexico, D.F.

Pulsed magnetic andelectromagnetic fields inexperimental achilles tendonitis inthe rat: a prospective randomizedstudy.Lee EW, Maffulli N, Li CK, Chan KM.Department of Orthopaedics andTraumatology, Chinese Universityof Hong Kong, Prince of WalesHospital, Shatin, New Territories,Hong Kong.

Effects of static magnetic andpulsed electromagnetic fields onbone healing.Darendeliler MA, Darendeliler A,Sinclair PM. Discipline ofOrthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry,University of Sydney, Australia.

Effect of magnetic fields on skinwound healing. Experimental study[Article in Spanish] Patino O,Grana D, Bolgiani A, PrezzaventoG, Merlo A. Facultad de Medicina,Universidad del Salvador, BuenosAires.

Pulsed electromagnetic fields inexperimental cutaneous woundhealing in rats.Patino O, Grana D, Bolgiani A,Prezzavento G, Mino J, Merlo A,Benaim F. Department ofPostgraduate Reconstructive andPlastic Surgery, Universidad delSalvador and Fundacion delQuemado.

Effects of pulsed electromagneticfields on rat skin metabolism. DeLoecker W, Delport PH, Cheng N.Afdeling Biochemie, KatholiekeUniversiteit te Leuven, Belgium.

Effect of low frequency pulsingelectromagnetic fields on skinulcers of venous origin in humans:a double-blind study.Ieran M, Zaffuto S, Bagnacani M,Annovi M, Moratti A, Cadossi R.Department of Medical Angiology,Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova,Reggio Emilia, Italy

Effects of pulsed extremely-low-frequency magnetic fields on skinwounds in the rat.

Ottani V, De Pasquale V, Govoni P,Franchi M, Zaniol P, Ruggeri A.Istituto di Anatomia UmanaNormale, Bologna, Italy.

Pseudarthrosis after lumbarspine fusion: nonoperative salvagewith pulsed electromagneticfields.Simmons JW Jr, Mooney V,Thacker I. UTMB, Galveston, Texas,USA.

H Y P E R T E N S I O NThe treatment of hypertensionpatients with electromagnetic andmagnetic fieldsOrzheshkovskii VV, Chopchik DI,Paramonchik VM, Fastykovskii AD,Kovalenko VP.

L Y M P H O C Y T E SEffect of bioresonance therapy onantioxidant system in lymphocytesin patients with rheumatoidarthritis.Islamov BI, Balabanova RM,Funtikov VA, Gotovskii YV,Meizerov EE. Institute ofTheoretical and Experimental

Biophysics, Russian Academy ofSciences, Pushchino, Russia.

The effect of exposure to highflux density static and pulsedmagnetic fields on lymphocytefunctionAldinucci C, Garcia JB, Palmi M,Sgaragli G, Benocci A, Meini A,Pessina F, Rossi C, Bonechi C,Pessina GP;Department ofPhysiology, University of Siena,Siena, Italy.

M I G R A I N EInitial exploration of pulsingelectromagnetic fields fortreatment of migraine.Sherman RA, Robson L, MardenLA. Service of OrthopedicSurgery, Madigan Army MedicalCenter, Tacoma, Wash. 98431,USA.

Treatment of migraine withpulsing electromagnetic fields: adouble-blind, placebo-controlledstudy.Sherman RA, Acosta NM, RobsonL. Orthopedic Surgery Service,Madigan Army Medical Center,Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.

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PioneersR o b e r t B e c k e r

A pioneering medical doctor in the1960’s, Dr. Becker is most famousfor his book, The Body Electric,which gives an autobiographicalaccount of his life’s experienceswith bioelectromagnetics.

Not only did he establish that theChinese meridians of the body are

skin pathways of decreasedelectrical resistance but hediscovered a host of otherbioelectric effects within the bodyas well, such aselectrostimulating limb-regeneration in mammals. He alsoworked on electrically stimulatingbone growth with Dr. AndrewBassett, who along with

Dr. Arthur Pilla, developed a veryeffective PEMF generator tostimulate bone fracture healing,now approved by the FDA with an80% success rate. Similar PEMFsignals recently have been usedeffectively to preventosteoporosis even in patients withan ovariectomy.

Impulse magnetic-field therapy formigraine and other headaches: adouble-blind, placebo-controlledstudy.Pelka RB, Jaenicke C, Gruenwald J.Universitat der BundeswehrMunchen Munich, Germany.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSISTherapy of day time fatigue inpatients with multiple sclerosisZifko UA.; Sonderkrankenanstaltfur Neurologie, Klinik Pirawarth,Kurhausstrasse 100, A-2222 BadPirawarth, Austria

Effects of a pulsedelectromagnetic therapy onmultiple sclerosis fatigue andquality of life: a double-blind,placebo controlled trial.Lappin MS, Lawrie FW, Richards TL,Kramer ED. Energy MedicineDevelopments, (North America),Inc., Burke, Va., USA

Effect of extremely low frequency(correction of frenquency)magnetic field on brain ischemicreaction in ratsZhao L, Wei J, Yan G, Wang Y,Huang Z, Zhao D.; Institute of SpaceMedico-Engineering, Beijing, China.

Theory of multichannel magneticstimulation: toward functionalneuromuscular rehabilitation

Ruohonen J, Ravazzani P, GrandoriF, Ilmoniemi RJ.; BioMagLaboratory, Helsinki UniversityCentral Hospital, Finland.

N E R V E R E P A I RPretreatment of rats with pulsedelectromagnetic fields enhancesregeneration of the sciatic nerve.Kanje M, Rusovan A, Sisken B,Lundborg G. Department of AnimalPhysiology, University of Lund,Sweden.

An experimental study of theeffects of pulsed electromagneticfield (Diapulse) on nerve repair.Raji AM.

Effect of weak, pulsingelectromagnetic fields on neuralregeneration in the rat.Ito H, Bassett CA.

Effect of pulsed electromagneticstimulation on facial nerveregeneration.Byers JM, Clark KF, Thompson GC.Department ofOtorhinolaryngology, University of

Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,Oklahoma City, USA.

A comparative study of the effectsof magnetic stimulation andelectric stimulation on peripheralnerve injury in rat.Bannaga A, Guo T, Ouyang X, Hu D,Lin C, Cao F, Dun Y, Guo Z.Department of OrthopedicSurgery, Tongji Hospital, TongjiMedical College, HuazhongUniversity of Science andTechnology, Wuhan 430030.

Electromagnetic fields influenceNGF activity and levels followingsciatic nerve transection.Longo FM, Yang T, Hamilton S, HydeJF, Walker J, Jennes L, Stach R,Sisken BF. Department ofNeurology, UCSF/VAMC, SanFrancisco, California, USA.

Enhancement of functionalrecovery following a crush lesionto the rat sciatic nerve byexposure to pulsedelectromagnetic fields.Walker JL, Evans JM, Resig P,Guarnieri S, Meade P, Sisken BS.Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,University of Kentucky College of

Medicine, Shriners Hospitalsfor Crippled Children,Lexington.

Stimulation of rat sciaticnerve regeneration withpulsed electromagnetic fields.Sisken BF, Kanje M, LundborgG, Herbst E, Kurtz W. Centerfor Biomedical Engineering,University of Kentucky,Lexington 40506.

Effects of high-peak pulsedelectromagnetic field on thedegeneration andregeneration of the commonperoneal nerve in rats.Raji AR, Bowden RE.

A multivariate approach tothe treatment of peripheralnerve transection injury: therole of Electromagnetic FieldTherapy .Zienowicz RJ, Thomas BA,Kurtz WH, Orgel MG.University of MassachusettsMedical School, BerkshireMedical Center, Pittsfield.

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NERVOUS SYSTEMMagnetic and electrical stimulationin the rehabilitative treatment ofpatients with organic lesions of thenervous systemTyshkevich TG, Nikitina VV; A. L.Polenov Russian Science ResearchNeurosurgical Institute, St.Petersburg.

History of magnetic stimulation ofthe nervous systemGeddes LA.; William A. HillenbrandBiomedical Engineering Center,Purdue University, West Lafayette,Indiana 47907.

Evaluation of treatment with apulsed electromagnetic field onwound healing, clinicopathologicvariables, and central nervoussystem activity of dogs.Scardino MS, Swaim SF, Sartin EA,Steiss JE, Spano JS, Hoffman CE,Coolman SL, Peppin BL.Scott-Ritchey Research Center,College of Veterinary Medicine,Auburn University, AL 36849, USA.

O S T E O P O R O S I SThe effect of long-term pulsingelectromagnetic field stimulationon experimental osteoporosis ofrats.

Mishima S. Department ofOrthopedic Surgery, School ofMedicine, University ofOccupational and EnvironmentalHealth, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Pulsed electromagnetic fieldsprevent osteoporosis in anovariectomized female rat model:a prostaglandin E2-associatedprocess.

Chang K, Chang WH. Department ofBiomedical Engineering, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Bone density changes inosteoporosis-prone womenexposed to pulsed electromagneticfields (PEMFs).Tabrah F, Hoffmeier M, Gilbert F Jr,Batkin S, Bassett CA. University ofHawaii School of Medicine, StraubClinic and Hospital, Honolulu.

P A I NEvaluation of electromagneticfields in the treatment of pain inpatients with lumbar radiculopathyor the whiplash syndromeThuile Ch, Walzl M., InternationalSociety of Energy Medicine, Vienna,Austria.

Pain management andelectromagnetic medicineOuellette EA., University of MiamiSchool of Medicine, Department ofOrthopaedics and Rehabilitation,Florida, USA.

Electrochemical therapy of pelvicpain: effects of pulsedelectromagnetic fields (PEMF) ontissue trauma.Jorgensen WA, Frome BM, WallachC. International Pain ResearchInstitute, Los Angeles, California.

Spine fusion for discogenic lowback pain: outcomes in patientstreated with or without pulsedelectromagnetic field stimulation.Marks RA. Richardson OrthopaedicSurgery, Texas 75080, USA.

Pulsed magnetic field therapy inrefractory neuropathic painsecondary to peripheralneuropathy: electrodiagnosticparameters--pilot study.Weintraub MI, Cole SP. New YorkMedical College, Briarcliff Manor,New York 10510, USA.

P A R K I N S O N ' SMagnetic fields in the treatment ofParkinson's disease.

Sandyk R, Anninos PA, TsagasN, Derpapas K. DemocritionUniversity of Thrace,Department of MedicalPhysics and PolytechnicSchool, Alexandroupolis andXanthi, Greece.

V I S I O NThe effect of a pulsedelectromagnetic field on thehemodynamics of eyes withglaucoma[Article in Russian] Tsisel'skiiIuV, Kashintseva LT, SkrinnikAV.

Effectiveness ofmagnetotherapy in opticnerve atrophy. A preliminarystudy[Article in Russian] Zobina LV,Orlovskaia LS, Sokov SL,Sabaeva GF, Konde LA,Iakovlev AA.

Possibilities ofmagnetotherapy instabilization of visual functionin patients with glaucoma[Article in Russian] BisvasShutanto Kumar, ListopadovaNA.

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A b r a h a m L i b o f f

A modern-day physicist andinventor, Dr. Abraham Liboff is thediscoverer of electric-field andgeomagnetic ion cyclotronresonance, which more reliablyexplains the resonant interactionof static magnetic fields withendogenous AC electric fields inbiological systems. A physicist with

Oakland University, he hasintroduced significant physicsprinciples into the field ofbioelectromagnetics. His "Methodand Apparatus for the Treatment ofCancer" (US Patent #5,211,622)tunes an alternating magnetic field,superimposed on a static magneticfield, to maintain a combined effectthat has the proper cyclotronresonance frequency so that the

neoplastic tissue containing apreselected ion can be treated tobring about a decrease in theproliferation rate of the cancercells. It also can be combined witha chemotherapeutic agent for asynergistic effect. However, it isnoted in the patent disclosure that"up to 100 days of treatment willprovide beneficial results."

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Jiri Jerabek, M.D., Ph.D.

Former Director National Institute of PublicHealth Czech Republic

James L. Oschman, Ph.D.

Cellular Biologist and PhysiologistJames L. Oschman, PhD is a world authority onenergy and complementary medicine. He hasinitiated a serious discussion of the energytherapies and their potential contribution topatient care. It is focused as much on thescientific basis of energy therapies and whatthese therapies tell science about how thehuman body works in health and disease.

Paul J. Rosch & Marko S. Markov

This book emphasizes cutting edgebreakthroughs in disorders ranging fromcancer, coronary disease and obesity toneuropsychiatric disturbances, includingParkinson's disease; epilepsy; multiplesclerosis; tinnitus; macular degeneration;migraine; musculoskeletal pain syndromes;depression; insomnia; and anxiety.

Robert Becker MD

A pioneer in the field of bioelectric sciencelooks at the role electricity plays in healing,challenging the traditional mechanisticmodel of the body. Engrossing research andbreakthrough discoveries offer newpossibilities for fighting disease andharnessing the body's healing powers.

Robert Becker, MD

Dr. Becker tells of the emergence ofelectromagnetic medicine, which promisesto unlock the secret of healing. He explainsthe effectiveness of alternative healingmethods that use parts of the body's innateelectrical healing systems.

Werner R. Loewenstein

A world-renowned biophysicist at theforefront of science, proposes arevolutionary way of thinking about cellcommunication.  He talks ofmacromolecules, and sees how they extractorder out of the erratic quantum worldusing electromagnetic fields.

M.E. O'Connor, R.H.C. Bentall, J.C. Monahan

The latest research findings in the field ofelectromagnetic radiation. The book discussesthe use of electromagnetic fields in diagnosticand therapeutic medicine. It describes thetheoretical concerns and actual mechanismsinvolved, current preclinical studies concerningthe biological action of the electromagneticradiation and reports on clinical application ofelectromagnetic therapy and current machineryused to do so.

Thomas Va loneAuthor, Scientist, and former U.S. Patent Engineer,Dr. Tom Valone has taken on the extremely difficulttask of organizing and explaining the array ofalternative medical technologies which have beendeveloped over the years. Many devices describedand scientifically documented were remarkablysuccessful in curing otherwise terminal medicalconditions. This book is packed full of descriptions,historical details, and technical data on thesefascinating healing devices and technologies.

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