Hi Dennis,
I was just browsing through unread back PD Digests that were sitting in
my trash bin and came accross your message below.It hit a responsive chord
since last night,our Jerusalem PD support group had talk on BEMER(Bio Electro
Magnetic Energy Regulation).It was a sales pitch for a German system being
marketed here in Israel called the BEMER 3000.
He cited a paper by R.Sandyk of the NeuroCommunication Research
Labs.,Danbury,CT 06811 entitled "Treatment of Parkinson's Disease with
magnetic fields reduces the requirement for antiparkinsonian medications,"
Int. J Neurosci,74(1-4): 191-201 Jan-Feb 1994.There,the use of extracranial
treatment with extremely weak magnetic fields showed significant improvement
in motor performance including levodopa-induced motor complications.This
therapy is suggested as a substitute for drug therapy.Nonmotor improvements
noticed included mood,cognitive functions,sleep,pain,appetite,autonomic
functions and sexual functions. Results are cited for a 69 year old PWP.
However results were not available for a large sample of PWPs.
Anyhow,I would like to know if you got any feedback from your question from
the PD list or elsewhere.
J.R.Bruman's 12/98 csr index has the following references:
Magnetic stimulation Brain 1996;119:71-77 May 96
" Brain 1996;119:815-822 Sep 96
" Ann Neur 1996;40:344-355 Oct 96
" Brain 1997;120:1587-1602 Nov 97
" H Neur N'surg Psych 1998;64:33-36 Feb 98
Would you have time to check them out using Medline? I don't.
I tried to send a message to J.R.Bruman at <[log in to unmask]> and it
bounced.
Regards.
Gil Lieberman,CG for Aliza
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:41:34 EDT
From: Dennis Nestler <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Reversing Parkinsons Disease
Goodmorning List,
I read a book titled Discovery Of Magnetic Health 1998 Edition by George J.
Washnis. On page 10 & 11 he writes about a Dr. Dean Bonlie who is president
of MagnetiCo. Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada and also currently Chairman of
the Science Committee of the North American Academy of Magnetic Therapy.
I'll quote from the book "Interestingly, Dean Bonlie has been developing an
electromagnetic health machine for the past 2-1/2 years (patent pending)
which he states makes use of the above unidirectional negative field to a
much greater degree with astounding results, reversing Parkinson's Disease,
muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, cancer, and has repaired a
herniated disc in 1-1/2 hours."
This sounds like a story that our List friends from Canada Judith Richards
or Janet Paterson would like to put their search skills to work, or would it
just be a waste of time?
No friends, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Dennis
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