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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx</link><description>Tests in mice have shown that stimulating the brain with a magnetic coil appears to promote the growth of new neurons in areas associated with learning and memory. If there is a similar effect in humans, it could lead to new ways of treating age-related</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100714</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:11:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100714</guid><dc:creator>Jane Poindexter</dc:creator><description>I just bought myself my first magnet bracelet, and I am not sure just how to wear it, I heard to wear it opposite your watch, on the other wrist,and then I heard wear it on the side of your body that is bothering you the most... well anyway, somebody please help,,,, because there weren't very many instructions that came with it, &lt;br&gt; brand is BodyLinx, thru Swell Products LLC up in Oregon, I tried to call info. for a phone number and there was none..... &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Jane p. &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100714" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100713</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:41:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100713</guid><dc:creator>richyUT</dc:creator><description>One concern, though it may not be dire in most circumstances, is the chance of desensitizing our orientation center in the brain, much like what drives goose migrations and salamanders. We all have the ability to feel and propriosense where North is. However, it is know that when a bar magnet is placed over the forehead for 15 seconds, the internal sense of direction is wiped out for at least an hour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That could really be a problem if several volcanoes went off leaving the earth black and dark. Without that sense of direction, one would feel additionally lost and would lose a epivisual sense. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Furthermore, a question might arise: what would be the effect of this therapy during a magnetic pole reversal which we are moving toward? Some have linked the loss of memory with the loss of the magnetic field in the brain from magnetic reversal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nonetheless, if done safely, there is certainly a chance for regeneration, which is hopeful for TBI and other degenerative diseases. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the other hand, for some purposes the brain is too slow and the wrong processor to focus on, especially as time and events and shifts happen very suddenly.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100713" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100712</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:39:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100712</guid><dc:creator>Freedom</dc:creator><description>I had a life shock in 2006 when I had chest pains and was diagnosed with Angina, bearing in mind that I have had a Mediterranean diet for over 50 years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I now wear Bioflow, a powerful magnet on my wrist.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100712" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100710</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:11:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100710</guid><dc:creator>helpingheart</dc:creator><description>Ever wonder what effect the Earth's magnetism has on humans?&amp;nbsp; And is the Earth's magnetism changing along with the Universe?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anyone have any info?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;: )&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100710" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100709</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:14:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100709</guid><dc:creator>Yod</dc:creator><description>I posted this earlier, didn't show up. Sorry if it turns out to be a duplicate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Meditation has been proven to actually build up the brain - it can be seen on mri scans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://clearharmony.net/articles/200511/30094.html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8317"&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8317&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smart-kit.com/s100/meditation-builds-concentration-and-focus/"&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;http://www.smart-kit.com/s100/meditation-builds-concentration-and-focus/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100709" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100707</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:56:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100707</guid><dc:creator>Yod</dc:creator><description>I think a much better and easier approach is meditation. It is proven to actuall buid up the brain.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://clearharmony.net/articles/200511/30094.html&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to a report from New Scientist on November 15, 2005, researchers have found that meditation does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you perform better - and alters the structure of your brain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky in Lexington made the conclusion based on their recent experiments. They used a well-established "psychomotor vigilance task", which has long been used to quantify the effects of sleepiness on mental acuity. The test involves staring at an LCD screen and pressing a button as soon as an image pops up. Typically, people take 200 to 300 milliseconds to respond, but sleep-deprived people take much longer, and sometimes miss the stimulus altogether. Ten volunteers were tested before and after 40 minutes of either sleep, meditation, reading or light conversation, with all subjects trying all conditions. The 40-minute nap was known to improve performance (after an hour or so to recover from grogginess). But what astonished the researchers was that meditation was the only intervention that immediately led to superior performance, despite none of the volunteers being experienced at meditation. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"Every single subject showed improvement," says O'Hara, one of the researchers. The improvement was even more dramatic after a night without sleep. But, he admits: "Why it improves performance, we do not know." The team is now studying experienced mediator's, who spend several hours each day in practise. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brain builder&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What effect meditating has on the structure of the brain has also been a matter of some debate. Now Sara Lazar at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, US, and colleagues have used MRI to compare 15 mediator's, with experience ranging from 1 to 30 years, and 15 non-mediat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100707" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100706</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:16:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100706</guid><dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator><description>I know of two leading&amp;nbsp;physician/researchers applying static magnetic fields for profound therapeutic effects. In my opinion, they are true geniuses&amp;nbsp;-- and they&amp;nbsp;are motivated by compassion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The first is&amp;nbsp;Dean Bonlie, D.D.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.magneticosleep.com/magnetico/about-dr-dean/"&gt;http://www.magneticosleep.com/magnetico/about-dr-dean/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The second is cardiologist James Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.C.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heartfixer.com/IndexMME.htm"&gt;http://www.heartfixer.com/IndexMME.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let me mention that I am not affilated with either physician. I use Dr. Bonlie's 10 gauss staric field sleep pad and I am pretty sure it is beneficial. I intend to use Dr. Roberts' installation of an advanced system developed by Dr. Bonlie if any s more serious problem comes up. Other physicians are using this system (bottom of page):&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heartfixer.com/AMRI%20-%20Messages%20-%20Meet%20Dr.%20Bonlie.htm"&gt;http://www.heartfixer.com/AMRI%20-%20Messages%20-%20Meet%20Dr.%20Bonlie.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I hope this message benefits many of you. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100706" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100704</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:47:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100704</guid><dc:creator>ezra34</dc:creator><description>RE: Magnets and biology&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I've studied the literature on biological effects of magnets.&amp;nbsp; I wonder if the researchers have taken into account the pole of the magnetic field (north vs south)&amp;nbsp; {definition:&amp;nbsp; north pole of a magnet would attract the End of a compass needle labeled&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; N}.&amp;nbsp; Research on the effects of permanent magnets would suggest that the NORTH pole would be&amp;nbsp; calming / parasympathetic / yin&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and the SOUTH pole would be stimulating / sympathetic / yang.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This is from the work of Davies and Rawls.&amp;nbsp; There is , of course, a huge overlap that is common to both poles (attraction to iron, etc)&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I'd be curious to see if the effect on the sharks would be different if exposed to one pole vs. the other.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thanx for all ya'll do.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;D. Ezra Edgerton, DC&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No. Carolina&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100704" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100703</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:03:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100703</guid><dc:creator>artriscele</dc:creator><description>As a physicist now working more than 15 yrs with both permanent and pulsating magnetic fields I can confirm the article. Especially pulsating MF's at brainwave frequencies can have large effects concerning health. The&amp;nbsp; freq. spectrum is however crucial. Many of the existing systems are not adequate for certain purposes or give mediocre results.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100703" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100702</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:50:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100702</guid><dc:creator>ET</dc:creator><description>&lt;em&gt;"as we all know that the primary purpose of the FDA is to "protect you."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now that's funny.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100702" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100701</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:08:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100701</guid><dc:creator>EDadmehr</dc:creator><description>Q-Link works in a similar fashion and they have new designs that don't fall apart for your animals (I taped my old one to the fish tank since the motor sends harmful waves). Find them at &lt;a href="http://www.clarus.com"&gt;www.clarus.com&lt;/a&gt; They are somehow related to the people who invented I-Pod and Apple Computers. They do 7 different tests to prove the effectiveness and efficiency of the Q-Link&amp;nbsp;and how stress affects your cells less while wearing one. Jet lag side effects are helped and it's great for anybody working by a computer or in electrical fields all day.&amp;nbsp;You can't argue with the science of the results but people are going to believe whatever they are conditioned to believe.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100701" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100699</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:10:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100699</guid><dc:creator>debm</dc:creator><description>Having used the safest magnets in the world (Nikken is a Research Corporation in Japan) for over 10 years, I can confidently say that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who know Nikken's magnetic products&amp;nbsp;work and those who laugh at their use.&amp;nbsp; Strangely, these two groups correspond 100% with two other groups of people: those who USE these products, and those who don't.&amp;nbsp; Hmmmmm.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Try them, you'll like what they do for you.&amp;nbsp;As Dr. Mercola says, it is one of the most promising fields (pun intended) we have in medicine today, and offers great hope for all of us. I am VERY glad to see Dr. Mercola, whose site I have promoted for most of those 10 years, finally start talking about them. Yea, Dr. M!&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100699" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100696</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:46:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100696</guid><dc:creator>Scard by Big Pharm</dc:creator><description>I find this very interesting, especially as a migraine sufferer.&amp;nbsp; I have recently read an article saying this therapy has shown positive (ha more magnet puns!) signs for helping with these awful headaches.&lt;br&gt;Anyone else hear of this?&lt;br&gt;Also, it is troubling to see that alzheimers and dementia and other congnitive issues are becoming so much more common and in younger and younger folks.&amp;nbsp; Makes me wonder?&amp;nbsp; Is this from the newer "wonder" drugs that all seem to be using these days.&lt;br&gt;We know that the statin drugs cause more harm than good...how about all the other crap drs. are pushing on the middle-aged folks now??&lt;br&gt;I have to wonder if a lot of these issues are being caused by our wonderful well-meaning BIG PHARMA companies.&lt;br&gt;Lipitor, Paxil, Fosamax, Vioxx, Zoloft, etc. etc....all poisions, all with awful side effects....all do nothing to maintain health either....&lt;br&gt;oh, except the wallet health of the BIG PHARMA big shots!&lt;br&gt;Lipitor causes serious memory issues.&amp;nbsp; Have to wonder how full our nursing homes and assisted living places will become soon thanks to this great drug!&amp;nbsp; Are the BIG PHARMAS going to start paying for our loved ones to live in these expensive facilities?&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100696" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100695</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:17:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100695</guid><dc:creator>oscar</dc:creator><description>The body's function is regulated by the functional systems which regulate blood pressure, blood volume, blood cell content, osmotic pressure, digestion, excretion, sleeping patterns, etc. Each physiological system reguilates organ and cell function. Each of these physiological systems is regulated by the brain waves therefore &amp;nbsp;the precise selection of brain wave can be used to restabilise each system, akin to the timing in&amp;nbsp;the engine of a petrol-driven vehicle, and hence re-establish homeostasis.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As the brain waves are a wave form it stands to reason that these can be influenced by magnetic fields but it is important to realise that any brain frequency cannot work it has to be the precise frwequency which is specific for each person and their precise ailment. Similarly the same applies for ther use of magnetism.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100695" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Magnets Can Strengthen Your Mind</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/29/Magnets-Can-Strengthen-Your-Mind.aspx#100694</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:41:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:100694</guid><dc:creator>Raver</dc:creator><description>Check this site, it looks interesting: http://www.earthpulsetechnologies.com/&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=100694" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>