Radionics, also called electromagnetic therapy or the Abrams method, is a form of alternative medicine that claims disease can be diagnosed and treated by directing electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves, into the body from an electrically powered device. It is related to magnet therapy, which applies electromagnetic radiation to the body through the static field of a magnet rather than a powered device. Radionics has no accepted scientific basis and is regarded as pseudoscience.
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Was radionics ever tested and shown to work?
No. A 1924 Scientific American investigation proved Abrams devices useless.
No. An independent investigation commissioned by Scientific American in 1924 definitively proved the devices of Albert Abrams useless. Radionics remains regarded as pseudoscience and is not an accepted treatment.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radionics, lead section
Radionics-also called electromagnetic therapy (EMT) and the Abrams method-is a form of alternative medicine that claims that disease can be diagnosed and treated by applying electromagnetic radiation (EMR), such as radio waves, to the body from an electrically powered device.
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The concept behind radionics originated with two books published by American physician Albert Abrams in 1909 and 1910.
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