Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:33 PM The Journal of the American Heart Association provided evidence that sleep plays an important role when it comes to heart health. |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:23 PM Three foreign aid groups restore work in health sector after Taliban bans women from working with NGOs in Afghanistan. |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:09 PM A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, pushing the state to join at least a dozen... |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:21 PM The Wildcats are dealing with health and safety protocols and cannot play the game as scheduled |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:09 PM The rookie did not travel with the team on Sunday, and it's unknown if he will make it on time for Thursday's game. Pistons center Jalen Duren could potentially miss Thursday's... |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:03 PM The Pittsburgh-based health care system is expanding in Ireland. |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:01 PM SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Many of us may have stored extra at-home COVID-19 tests in case they are needed in the future, but what should you do if the kit is past its expiration... |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:35 PM Doctors suspect the manicure exacerbated an underlying health condition |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:15 PM The men's basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the... |
Health feed - News BreaK Tuesday, January 17, 2023 11:57 AM EVANSTON - For the first time in the 2022-2023 season, Northwestern men's basketball has had one of its games called off due to COVID-19. . NUMensBball has announced that their... |
WebMD Health Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:09 PM Keeping psoriasis in check can be a challenge. Here's how to tell if your treatment is working and what to do when it's not. |
WebMD Health Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:01 PM If you have kidney disease, you are at risk to have hyperkalemia, or high blood potassium levels, especially if you already are in kidney failure. |
WebMD Health Tuesday, January 17, 2023 11:52 AM While patients who have had post-surgery problems amplify the FDA's warnings, doctors say it remains a relatively safe and very effective procedure. |
WebMD Health Tuesday, January 17, 2023 9:46 AM Metastatic breast cancer is a complex diagnosis. Women of color have unique challenges. Learn how and when to speak up to get the care you need. |
Mark's Daily Apple Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:09 PM In today's world, we are constantly being exposed to electromagnetic fields, which tends to make people nervous. Who hasn't heard concerns about EMFs and their potential health harms? We're supposed to keep our cell phones away from our heads, turn the wifi off at night, avoid living under big power lines. So it would make sense if you were wary of PEMF therapy. In both cases, the "EMF" stands for electromagnetic field (the P standing for pulsed). But while just-EMF is supposed to be harmful (although the degree to which we need to worry is still up for debate), the pulsed kind is supposed to offer wide-ranging benefits. What gives? Let's back up. PEMF therapy claims to use low-frequency electromagnetic fields to help your own electrified cells function more optimally. With chronic illness on the rise, PEMF potentially offers a non-invasive therapy that can be used in place of or alongside conventional treatments to enhance their effectiveness. People have been using magnets for therapeutic purposes since ancient times, long before the principles of magnetism and electricity were fully understood. Modern PEMF technology has been around for decades and is well-studied, although much of the early research was conducted behind the Iron Curtain, so it perhaps feels newer than it actually is. But PEMF therapy isn't new, nor does it fall under the realm of "alternative" therapies. It has been FDA-approved for healing nonunion fractures for over four decades. NASA has developed PEMF technology to be used in regenerating cartilage. There's a decent chance that your allopathic doctor knows about it and may even have a PEMF device in their clinic. Before trying it out for yourself, here's what you need to know to get started. How Does PEMF Therapy Work? First, you'll need access to a PEMF device, which generally consists of a control unit attached to an accessory such as a paddle or mat. The accessory contains metal coils through which electricity is passed, generating an electromagnetic field. Simply place the paddle or pad over the treatment area, turn on the machine, and let it do its thing. Some machines come with pads the size of small throw blankets so you can treat your whole body at once. While you lie there, a pulsed electromagnetic field (hence the name) is passing through your body. That sounds like the stuff of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, but it's not painful. You shouldn't feel anything other than a pulsing or tapping sensation and perhaps some muscle contractions. As the electromagnetic field passes through, it interacts with your body's own electrical systems, if you will, to improve health. Exactly how it does that it still something of a mystery. The basic science is well-understood, boiling down to Faraday's law of induction (for all the physicists in the crowd. The rest of us don't need to get bogged down in the details, although I invite any of you physics-minded types to expound on electromagnetism in the comments.) But, if you keep drilling down to the … Continue reading "What is PEMF Therapy?" The post What is PEMF Therapy? appeared first on Mark's Daily Apple. |
