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Bioengineering Aids to Reproductive Medicine
Published in Sujoy K. Guba, Bioengineering in Reproductive Medicine, 2020
Carcinogenic and teratogenic effects of nuclear radiations such as alpha, beta and gamma rays was recognized very soon after these energies were identified. Thereafter the damages caused by X-rays was noted. For long other parts of the EM spectrum were considered safe unless the intensity levels were so high as to markedly increase the body temperature. Over the past two decades knowledge in bioelectromagnetics has increased highlighting the nonthermal effects of EM fields in the microwave and still lower frequency regions. As a result procedures such as short wave diathermy for pelvic inflammatory diseases and working environments like near portable radio transmitters can no longer be considered as totally free from risks related to the reproductive system.
Electric and magnetic fields
Published in James R. Nagel, Cynthia M. Furse, Douglas A. Christensen, Carl H. Durney, Basic Introduction to Bioelectromagnetics, 2018
James R. Nagel, Cynthia M. Furse, Douglas A. Christensen, Carl H. Durney
Bioelectromagnetics—the study of how electric and magnetic fields interact with the body—is a tremendously exciting field. Electromagnetic (EM) fields are all around us: radio and television signals, cellular telephones, fields from power lines and electrical appliances, radar, and more. They are even within our bodies in the endogenous fields that keep our hearts beating, brains thinking, and muscles moving. EM fields can be used to see inside of us to diagnose illness, sometimes before we feel it ourselves, in the form of medical imaging, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, and electrophysiological evaluations. They can heal us through therapeutic interventions for cancer, pain control, bone growth, soft tissue repair, electrophysiological stimulation, and more. And they can injure or kill us through lightning strikes, deep electrical burns, and shock.
Energy Medicine: Focus on Nonthermal Electromagnetic Therapies
Published in Len Wisneski, The Scientific Basis of Integrative Health, 2017
Len Wisneski, Bernard O. Williams
In the previous chapter, a range of cutting-edge energy modalities were briefly reviewed. In this chapter, some of the nonthermal bioelectromagnetic treatments, such as microwave therapy, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF), and pulsed signal therapy (PST), will be examined in greater depth. However, here the nonthermal electromagnetic therapies will be approached as a subfield of energy medicine.
In Memorium
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2023
Joseph R. Salvatore, Henry Lai
Abe is credited as the original developer of the ‘Ion Cyclotron Resonance’ hypothesis. One of the rare hypotheses in bioelectromagnetics on the mechanism of interaction between EMF and living organisms. It suggests the possibility of biological interaction of low-intensity extremely-low frequency and static EMF. This explains Abe’s interest in the geomagnetic field and his belief that biological effects are mostly caused by extremely-low frequency components of EMF. Numerous experiments have provided data that supports the ‘Ion Cyclotron Resonance’ mechanism. Since much knowledge has accumulated over the years on the cellular and molecular effects of electromagnetic fields and the recent concerns on the effects of ambient EMF on wildlife, there is a need to revisit Abe’s ‘Ion Cyclotron Resonance’ hypothesis.
Genetic effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2021
Any effect of EMF has to depend on the energy absorbed by a biological entity and on how the energy is delivered in space and time. Aside from influences that are not directly related to experimentation (Huss et al., 2007), many factors could influence the outcome of an experiment in bioelectromagnetics research. Frequency, intensity, exposure duration, and the number of exposure episodes can affect the response, and these factors can interact with each other to produce different effects. In addition, in order to understand the biological consequences of EMF exposure, one must know whether the effect is cumulative, whether compensatory responses result, and when homeostasis will break down. A drawback in the interpretation and understanding of experimental data from bioelectromagnetic research is that there is no general accepted mechanism on how EMF affects biological systems. Since the energy level is not sufficient to cause direct breakage of chemical bonds within molecules, the effects are probably indirect and secondary to other induced chemical changes in the cell. The mechanisms by which EMF causes genetic effects are unknown. This author suspects that biological effects of EMF exposure are caused by multiple inter-dependent biological mechanisms.
The Warburg hypothesis and weak ELF biointeractions
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2020
In the following we suggest a new approach to this question, reframing Warburg in terms of the effects of ELF bioelectromagnetic fields on ATP Synthase function, more specifically on whether ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) coupling to ATPS exists and to what extent this possibility might carry implications for disease and/or treatment. In part this proposed new approach is based on recent experiments (D’Emilia et al. 2015; Novikov et al. 2016; Zhadin et al. 1998) that found positive ICR responses in various biosystems following tuning for glu+, H3O+, and heavier cations. Prior to this, ICR experimental trials had focused on transport ions such as Ca2+, K+, and Mg2+ (Liboff et al. 1987; Smith et al. 1987; Thomas et al. 1986). For this older work it was felt that an ICR response was at least partially reasonable in that one could posit a non-zero Lorentz force acting on ions with finite velocities related to their signaling properties. However the more recent ICR studies has found that more massive cations, not specifically involved in transport/signaling, are also sensitive to ICR tuning, making it unlikely that the ICR coupling process is limited solely to the Lorentz force acting on transport ions in motion.