From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 12 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Nancy C Ostheimer Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 19 No. 2, 1998 Table of Contents (fwd) Date: 13 Feb 1998 07:51:17 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 122 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: Reply-To: Nancy C Ostheimer NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net BIOELECTROMAGNETICS VOLUME 19, No. 2, 1998 Table of Contents ============================================================================== NOTE: Please contact your library or the authors for reprints or further information about specific articles, NOT the editor, Society, or Publisher! For information about the journal, contact the Editor. For member subscription information, contact the Society at 7519 Ridge Road, Frederick, MD 21702-3519. For library or other non-member subscription information, contact the Publisher, Wiley/Liss Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, Attn.: Subscription Dept., 9th Floor. Table of Contents from recent previous issues are available on the Bioelectromagnetics Society Home Page (http://biomed.ucr.edu/bems.htm) or the Publishers' Home Page for this journal (http://journals.wiley.com/0197-8462/). Ben Greenebaum, Editor University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 Internet: bems@uwp.edu ============================================================================== Bioelectromagnetics Journal of Bioelectromagnetics Society, the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine, and the European Bioelectromagnetics Association Volume 19, Number 2, 1998 (c) Wiley-Liss, Inc. Editor's Note 67 Talking to Each Other Ben Greenebaum Articles 68 Electric Fields and Proliferation in a Dermal Wound Model: Cell Cycle Kinetics K. Cheng, R.J. Goldman 75 Clinical Report on Long-Term Bone Density After Short-Term EMF Application Frank L. Tabrah, Philip Ross, Mary Hoffmeier, Fred Gilbert,Jr. 79 Deficits in Spatial Learning After Exosure of Mice to a 50 Hz Magnetic Field Zenon J. Sienkiewicz, Richard G.E.Haylock, Richard D. Saunders 85 Effects of 50 Hz EMF Exposure on Micronucleus Formation and Apoptosis in Transformed and Nontransformed Human Cell Lines M. Simko, R. Kriehuber, D.G. Weiss, R.A.Luben 92 Synchronization of Pacemaker Cell Firing by Weak ELF Fields: Simulation by a Circuit Model L.J. Bruner, J. R. Harvey 98 Nocturnal Exposure to Intermittent 60 Hz Magnetic Fields Alters Human Cardiac Rhythm Antonio Sastre, Mary R. Cook, Charles Graham 107 Cell Membrane Lipid Molecular Dynamics in a Solenoid Versus a Magnetically Shielded Room P. Volpe, T. Parasassi. C. Esposito, G. Ravagnan, A.M. Giusti, A. Pasquarelli, T. Eremenko 112 Influence of 50 Hz Magnetic Fields and Ionizing Radiation on c-jun and c-fos Onoproteins I. Lagroye, J.L. Poncy 117 Acute Exposure to a 60 Hz Magnetic Field Affects Rats' Water-Maze Performance Henry Lai, Monserrat A. Carino, Itsuko Ushijima 123 A 0.5 G, 60 Hz Magnetic Field Suppresses Melatonin Production in Pinealocytes Lee A. Rosen, Ian Barber, Daniel B. Lyle Brief Communications 128 Ultra-Wide Band Electromagnetics Radiation Does Not Affect UV-Induced Recombinatin and Mutagensis in Yeast Olga N. Pakhomova, Michelle L. Belt, Satnam P. Malthur, Jonathan C. Lee, Yahya Akyel 131 Increased Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis of Thymocytes from Mice Exposed to Long-Term Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic fields Sebastiao J. Ismael, Fernando Callera, Aglair B. Garcai, Oswaldo Baffa, Roberto P. Falcao Comments 136 Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Do Not Interact Directly with DNA Robert K. Adair 138 Reply to R.K. Adair Martin Blank, Reba Goodman (c) 1998, Wiley-Liss, Inc. From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Sun Feb 15 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "B Bell" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Emf and spinal cord inj. Date: 16 Feb 1998 06:32:17 -0800 Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Lines: 36 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01bd3ab0$07566700$6e304bcf@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Finally! I've found a place to communicate my problem to the experts in emfs! I am an RN and I work in public health. Ten years ago I was in an auto accident and fractured cervical vertebraes 5-6 resulting in quadraplegia and partial cord severage. Following a spinal fusion in the C5-6 area (utilizing metal wires and screws) I was able to rehabilitate over a few years to 80% normalicy. Three years ago I began experiencing problems when using a computer. These problems include loss of functioning in the most damaged areas of the right arm, hand, and leg, and bowel functioning. The loss would reverse after staying away from the computer for a few days. My docs at the University of Michigan had no answer for the loss of function or it's return. I could attribute it to my computer by trial and error. Then I started using a cell phone and the exact problems returned only quicker and more intense. The loss of functioning could be felt after a 5 minute conversation, but again, reversed back after a day or so. I limit my time spent on both the computer and cell phone. Recently, they upgraded the computers where I work and formed a multi-county network system. I find I cannot even be in the room for very long when someone is on the network. I feel a constriction in my neck with the resulting problems above. My theory is that the metal (and I don't know exactly what was used) in my neck expands the emf or draws it into the area of the fusion and irritates the nerves leading to the right side of my body. I'm really not crazy!! I am not knowledgeable as to what type of energy is used by these gadgets, nor do I know if they use the same source. I only know what I feel inside when I am exposed to computers, cell phones, and on-line servers and I know how long my body takes to rid of the effects. My right hand will actually go into a "claw" position during this experience. If any of you emf geniuses have ever heard anything remotely similar, please contact me. I need more information and would greatly appreciate it if someone would respond by email bbell@portup.com or phone 800-562-4832 ex. 340. My sincere thanks. Barbara Bell From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Sun Feb 15 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: haraldph@ping.at (Harald Hick) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Re: Emf and spinal cord inj. Date: 16 Feb 1998 12:49:09 -0800 Organization: Customer of EUnet Austria Lines: 61 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34ea9007.5632729@news.ping.at> References: <01bd3ab0$07566700$6e304bcf@default> Reply-To: haraldph@ping.at NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net "B Bell" wrote: >Finally! I've found a place to communicate my problem to the experts in >emfs! I am an RN and I work in public health. Ten years ago I was in an >auto accident and fractured cervical vertebraes 5-6 resulting in >quadraplegia and partial cord severage. Following a spinal fusion in the >C5-6 area (utilizing metal wires and screws) I was able to rehabilitate >over a few years to 80% normalicy. Three years ago I began experiencing >problems when using a computer. These problems include loss of functioning >in the most damaged areas of the right arm, hand, and leg, and bowel >functioning. The loss would reverse after staying away from the computer >for a few days. My docs at the University of Michigan had no answer for the >loss of function or it's return. I could attribute it to my computer by >trial and error. Then I started using a cell phone and the exact problems >returned only quicker and more intense. The loss of functioning could be >felt after a 5 minute conversation, but again, reversed back after a day or >so. I limit my time spent on both the computer and cell phone. >Recently, they upgraded the computers where I work and formed a >multi-county network system. I find I cannot even be in the room for very >long when someone is on the network. I feel a constriction in my neck with >the resulting problems above. My theory is that the metal (and I don't know >exactly what was used) in my neck expands the emf or draws it into the area >of the fusion and irritates the nerves leading to the right side of my >body. I'm really not crazy!! >I am not knowledgeable as to what type of energy is used by these gadgets, >nor do I know if they use the same source. I only know what I feel inside >when I am exposed to computers, cell phones, and on-line servers and I know >how long my body takes to rid of the effects. My right hand will actually >go into a "claw" position during this experience. If any of you emf >geniuses have ever heard anything remotely similar, please contact me. I >need more information and would greatly appreciate it if someone would >respond by email bbell@portup.com or phone 800-562-4832 ex. 340. > >My sincere thanks. > >Barbara Bell > Hello Barbara, I'm not a physician, but a phycicist. Any piece of metal will function like an antenna, if its length is not negligibly small compared to the wavelength of an electromagnetic field. This means, that it will produce a small voltage along its length. Normally only some microvolts but up to millivolts if near to a transmitter. If this occurs near some nerves, these could be stimulated mildly, possibly resulting in irritation or fatigue. To shield against electromagnetic fields, you could try to wear some garment with woven in steel fibres. This special type of garment is commercially used to shield rooms near powerful transmitters by making curtains from it and also special protective suits for powerline workers are available. Maybe wearing a shawl from that material might help you. However I do not know a distributor. Greetings Harald Harald Hick haraldph@ping.at From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Mon Feb 16 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Joe Spadaro Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Re: EMF and spinal cord Date: 17 Feb 1998 09:24:42 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The inquiry by Ms. Bell is intriguing and if the observations are valid may re-awaken the issue of individual sensitities to EMF fields. The suggestion by Harald Hick that the metal implants are acting as antennae in some way is equally interesting, but I think does not quite explain effects in the leg and bowel from C5-6, unless the CNS is involved. Many of the symptoms may be mechanical in origin due to positions in those activities. In any case, it would be interesting to see the x-ray of the implant. Could Ms. Bell scan one in to JPEG or GIF files and send them to the EMF-bionet (if allowed and she authorizes it)? Joe Spadaro ========================= Joseph A. Spadaro, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center at Syracuse 750 East Adams St. Syracuse, NY,13210 U.S.A. e-mail: spadaroj@hscsyr.edu Fax: 315-464-6638 ========================= From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 17 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: liboff@oakland.edu (A.R. Liboff) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: EMF and spinal cord injury Date: 17 Feb 1998 17:26:01 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 30 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199802171924.OAA27402@cliff.acs.oakland.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The problem voiced by B Bell (emf and spinal cord injury) may be related to the phenomenon of electrical hypersensitivity, a sort of allergic response to things electric or electromagnetic. When I first heard of this array of symptoms from a very respected Swedish scientist a few years ago I was highly skeptical. However, after attending a meeting devoted entirely to such cases, it became clear that this may actually represent a fascinating bioelectromagnetic phenomenon. Dr William Rea of Dallas has a practice devoted exclusively to such patients. He has pointed out that just as with chemical allergenic substances, patients exhibit a range of responses,from mild to life-threatening. Individuals claiming to be so affected do not necessarily have implanted metallic materials. However, it is conceivable that the internal presence of conducting materials may contribute to the overall problem. A network of such people currently exists in the US; I have communicated this information to Ms Bell. A.R. Liboff, Professor Dept of Physics Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309 liboff@oakland.edu (248) 370-3412 From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Wed Feb 18 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "B Bell" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Thanks! Date: 19 Feb 1998 11:56:09 -0800 Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01bd3c22$45243f80$1d304bcf@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net For all of you who responded to my request, I thank you and will keep in touch. I am agreeable to release x-rays or participate in research into the whys of this experience. I live in northern Michigan but surgery, rehab, docs are at Univ of Mich in Ann Arbor. Again, thanks. B Bell