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Magnets in the News
New research hints at a scientific breakthrough in magnetic therapy
 News media — and the medical and scientific communities — are displaying a growing interest in the therapeutic possibilities of magnetic energy. That’s indicated by an article appearing in ABC News online. The story says that consumers are now spending more than $5 billion a year on magnetic products that are promoted for health.
But the real news in the article is a much more exciting development. According to this report, a new research study has yielded measurable results suggesting that magnets are effective in treating inflammation. Conducted at the University of Virginia, the study offers a possible explanation as to why magnets may have this effect. ABC News says, “Researchers have shown that a mild magnetic field can cause the smallest blood vessels in the body to dilate or constrict, thus increasing the blood flow and suppressing inflammation, a critical factor in the healing process.
 ”What makes this clinical test a landmark event is that for the first time, scientists were able to observe and document the changes in blood vessels when magnets were applied. Thomas Skalak, chairman of biomedical engineering at the university, was quoted as saying, “It’s the first direct measurements that show the reduction in swelling.” The researchers used laboratory rats, which were anesthetized and then treated to induce swelling in their limbs. Specialized magnets were applied shortly afterward, and the results showed up to a 50% reduction in the edema.
One of the more interesting findings of this study was the paradoxical effect of the experiment. The study monitors discovered that when a magnet was applied, blood vessels that had been constricted then dilated — and dilated vessels showed constriction. In a report on the results that was published in the American Journal of Physiology, the authors speculated that a magnetic field “induced vessel relaxation in tissues with constrained blood supply, ultimately increasing blood flow.”
The implications of that idea were described by ABC News as significant: “If magnets work that well in human trials, the impact could be dramatic, because in many cases reducing inflammation is essential for speedy recovery.” -Report from member library
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