Magnetic field therapy
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This topic is a pseudoscience, and is not accepted by the scientific community as a valid discipline.
Although it may use scientific terminology, it does not use scientific methodology.
Remember: just because it sounds right doesn't mean it's actually right.
Magnetic field therapy is essentially treating ailments with a magnetic field. Unlike other alternative therapies, there are some proposed mechanisms for how it works, such as the magnets interfering with the iron in blood. However, these do not successfully explain why the effect is good, or even if it is a noticeable effect. Like other alternative therapies (such as homeopathy) it does get away with this by claiming that "every case is unique" thereby getting around any concept of scientific reproducibility.[1] This inability for MFT proponents to define a quantitative treatment makes establishing the efficacy of MFT near impossible.[2]
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[edit] Examples
[edit] Auricular therapy
"Auricular therapy" consists of magnetic earrings meant to alleviate addiction to smoking. They are also gold-plated, for extra magical effectiveness.
[edit] Real applications of magnets
MFT is distinct from chemical and medical analytical tools based on the phenomenon of magnetic resonance, which is used as a successful diagnosis tool in the form of MRI scanning. Diathermy is a legitimate therapy which may use electromagnetic microwaves for deep heating of live tissue.
