Re: Magnets?

Lack of gravity on what goes on inside the semi-circular canals is bound to
be upsetting.

Old Don
"MikesBrain" <Mike@xxxx> wrote in message
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> 2006-01-06, Responding to Old Don...
>> "MikesBrain" <Mike@xxxx> wrote in message
>> news:lFtvf.77237$D47.42278@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 2006-01-06, Responding to me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Interesting journalism
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4582282.stm
>>>
>>>
>>> If not particularly new stuff of course.
>>>
>>> This bit...
>>>
>>> The study concludes: "Magnets are touted by successful
>>> athletes, allowed to be widely advertised, and sold
>>> without restrictions, so it is not surprising that lay
>>> people think that claims of therapeutic efficacy are
>>> reasonable."
>>>
>>> ...could refer to many things if the word "magnets" were
>>> replaced with another "product" (or even "ideology").
>>>
>>>
>>> On another point, it is of interest that the theraputic and
>>> often healing benefits of the "placebo effect" appear to be
>>> quite predictable and reliable. So my question is...
>>>
>>> Where can I get these "placebos"? ;)
>>>
>> If magnets can affect the body, why does the intense
>> magnetism of an MRI scanner have either a beneficial or
>> destructive effect?
>>
>> Old Don
>
> And...
>
> How come that when test subjects were exposed to altered
> gravitational (earth's magnetic field) effects, their brains
> went "all funny" and dis-oriented? (Forgot where I read
> about this one.)
>
> I'm still sticking with the placebos though. The stats are
> seriously impressive! :)
>
>
> Mike@xxxx
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