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ARE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS MAKING ME ILL? - BRA...

Electricity and Magnetism (E&M) underlies many lifesaving medical devices  such as magnetic
resonance imaging scanners  neural stimulators  and heart pacemakers. But E&M also attracts its
share of bogus health claims  such as biomagnetic therapy. How do you separate the good from
the bad? Sometimes it's not easy: experiments are prone to artifacts  theories are limited by
assumptions  and clinical trials can result in ambiguities. In this book  the author separates
the wheat from the chaff  showing which applications of E&M are bogus and which are not. This
book takes the reader on a tour through a range of fascinating phenomena  from effects that are
constant in time at one extreme  such as transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain 
to the millimeter-wave whole-body scanners which are familiar to frequent flyers at the other.
Along the way  the author looks in depth at the dispute about power line magnetic fields and
leukemia  a case study in what can go wrong when dubious claims inflame unjustified fears. The
debate about cell phones and brain cancer still rages today  particularly for the microwave
frequencies encountered with new 5G technology. Recently  the so-called Havana Syndrome has
been attributed to microwave weapons  but the underlying biophysics of such weapons is unclear.
For all these encounters with electricity and magnetism  the author  an eminent biophysicist 
uses science and evidence to sort out fact from fantasy. This book is aimed at general readers
who want to make sense of the mysterious and often controversial ways in which E&M interacts
with the human body. It is also ideal for students and professionals in bioscience and
health-related fields who want to learn more without getting overwhelmed by theory.

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