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Date sent: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 01:42:26 -0700 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: davidmeigs <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Microsoft Corporation Subject: Q for Dr. Bob (or others) re radio & PD surgeries To: [log in to unmask] > You can't imagine the sheer joy I got from your last answer re radio > waves. Are you aware of the work being done using radio waves & > imaging. Also about the radio "bombardment" chambers they are using > at U of W Hosp. for healing? > > Also you said that the PD surgeries use radio waves, can this be > explained to someone like me with zilch techno background. Are you > aware of a link that talks about the "how" these operations work? I > thought they used electrical current, not radio waves. Is that why > people can tell if their device is on by placing a radio next to the > device to tell them if it is on? > > Sorry Bob, but I got the "yearning for the learning"! > > > David Meigs aka: Pappy > [log in to unmask] > David, Not a lot of time (my daughter is getting married this weekend), but here is the quick answer. Lesions in the brain are usually made by "radiofrequency generators" which are electrically-powered machines that cause a signal to be transmitted to the end of a probe producing radio waves which, in turn, *heat* the tissues. As they heat up, the cells are literally "cooked", and that is how lesions are made. Other methods can be used (freezing, ultrasound, radiation, etc.), but the principle is the same, and radiofrequency (RF) is the most common method today. As to "bombarding" people with "radio waves", this is the stuff of science fiction, although the military tried this (in a big way) during the Cold War. I am told that the U. S. military had some kind of "station" up on the Oregon or Washington coast which "beamed" radio waves over to Russia, trying to screw up Nikita Khruschev's brain function. It probably didn't work, but apparently, many dollars were spent on the project. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************