singhkapoor
January 27th, 2003, 01:52 AM
GUYS....THIS IS FROM A TOP RATED GOLF WEBSITE:
Once you hit 50, you are bombarded by manufacturers who want to sell you something that will make you feel better, play better, or both. Are their claims valid? Sometimes, yes. Most of the time, no.
Let's start with magnets. Once we were told that they could cause everything from cancer to cavities. Now, they're telling us magnets can do everything from relieving pain to giving us a better golf swing. Really?
There have been studies with very specific populations (polio patients, people with degenerative knee pain, women with low back pain, diabetic patients) in which magnets have been shown to have a therapeutic effect. There have been just as many studies -- some involving the same areas of the body -- showing absolutely no benefits.
Magnet therapy believers don't like to hear this, but don't discount the PLACEBO EFFECT. Scores of studies have shown that, if people think something will work, it is more likely to work.
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (remenber that it is one of the most respected medical journal in the world) reported that patients who were given PLACEBO knee surgery (we're not making this stuff up) did better than those who underwent real knee surgery.
P.S.:
PLACEBO
1. A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.
2. Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
wish you all the best
kapoor singh
Once you hit 50, you are bombarded by manufacturers who want to sell you something that will make you feel better, play better, or both. Are their claims valid? Sometimes, yes. Most of the time, no.
Let's start with magnets. Once we were told that they could cause everything from cancer to cavities. Now, they're telling us magnets can do everything from relieving pain to giving us a better golf swing. Really?
There have been studies with very specific populations (polio patients, people with degenerative knee pain, women with low back pain, diabetic patients) in which magnets have been shown to have a therapeutic effect. There have been just as many studies -- some involving the same areas of the body -- showing absolutely no benefits.
Magnet therapy believers don't like to hear this, but don't discount the PLACEBO EFFECT. Scores of studies have shown that, if people think something will work, it is more likely to work.
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (remenber that it is one of the most respected medical journal in the world) reported that patients who were given PLACEBO knee surgery (we're not making this stuff up) did better than those who underwent real knee surgery.
P.S.:
PLACEBO
1. A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.
2. Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
wish you all the best
kapoor singh