by Q Magnets | Jan 25, 2023 | History, Sceptics
A major evaluation of American medicine, financed by the Carnegie Foundation and published in 1910 by the respected educator Abraham Flexner, had denounced the clinical use of electric shocks and currents, which had been applied, often over-enthusiastically, to...
by Q Magnets | Jan 8, 2023 | Magnetic therapy research, Sceptics
In a conversation with popular psychologist Jordan Peterson, he proposed that, “One of the hallmarks of the validity in science, if you discover something and you really wish it wasn’t true, then it probably is.” How does this relate to magnetic field therapy? Well...
by Q Magnets | Sep 30, 2018 | News, Sceptics
The bias against the therapeutic use of static magnets in society is as irrational as it is remarkable. An article titled – “What are the best methods to help reduce knee pain” was published in The Australian on September 28, 2018 as republished...
by Q Magnets | Apr 10, 2018 | Acupuncture, History, Magnetic Therapy, Popular, Sceptics
In 2013, Steven Salzberg declared Battlefield Acupuncture the worst quackery for 2011. Follow this link for…his explanation. Battlefield Acupuncture was pioneered by Dr Richard Niemtzow and is administered at the point of injury to provide comfort and pain...
by Q Magnets | Nov 28, 2014 | Cartoons, Sceptics
Some of the arguments put forward by skeptics against magnetic therapy are so hilarious, we’ve come up with a comical responses of our own…(Drawing by our 15 year old daughter Melissa) Not All Magnets Are Created Equal Arguments against magnetic therapy by skeptics...
by Q Magnets | Oct 30, 2014 | Magnetic Therapy, News, Sceptics
An article on magnetic therapy titled “Magnets’ pull yet to be proven” appeared in the Oct/Nov, 2014 issue of the popular RACQ magazine, The Road Ahead. The RACQ is also a large insurer for motor vehicle injuries and ironically we have had a role in rehabilitating...