Interesting 'take', Joe. Carole H. --- "J. R. Bruman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just for fun, I called up all the Medline citations > of papers by > R. Sandyk, the advocate of transcranial magnetic > stimulation that > we've discussed lately. Beginning in 1980, there are > 555! That's > an average of more than one every two weeks for the > past 20 years. > They begin in German, then switch to English in the > South African > Medical Journal, and most recently in the > International Journal of > Neuroscience, concentrating on the various effects > of magnetic > stimulation. Dr. Sandyk's latest address is Touro > College, Bay > Shore, New York. While the numerous publications > aren't in the > most prestigious neurology journals, they at least > seem important > enough to the Medline catalogers. I see no > indication that he is a > charlatan, only an enthusiast for an unpopular idea. > There have > been other 'loner' ideas that found acceptance, for > example Walter > Birkmayer and selegiline (Eldepryl) to act against > oxidative stress. > While magnetism isn't quite 'mainline science' just > yet, keep an open > mind. Cheers, > Joe > -- > J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 > 3527 Cody Road > Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013 > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com