Subject:  (Reuss) Re EMF/diabetes...... (fwd)
Date:     Sat, 29 Aug 1998 023746 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@mail.llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:07:19 +0200
From: Christoph Reuss 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: (Reuss) Re: EMF/diabetes...... (fwd)

On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Roger Coghill wrote:
> I have read somewhere that electricians have above average diabetes rates.
> Anyone know of a supporting study for this?

I have an opposing census study [1] for this:  In Switzerland, the
Comparative Mortality Figure (CMF) for electricians is 62.7 for diabetes
(that's very low -- it means that while the expected number (from the
age-adjusted general population) of diabetes deaths is 100, only 62.7
electricians actually died of diabetes in the examined time period (1979-83).
However, electricians' CMF for pancreatic malignoma is a high 170.3.

Some professions with a high CMF for diabetes are:
Profession:                               CMF:
a. wood industry jobs except carpenters   139.3
b. butchers                               141.3
c. leather industry                       156.1
d. stones/ceramics/glass processing       196.8
e. bakers/pastry-cooks                    203.5
f. textile manufacture                    227.0
g. cooks                                  235.8

It seems that these are professions that are either pre-disposed by diet
(b,e,g) or by dealing with preservation and other endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (a,c,d,f) -- there is evidence that the latter are involved in
the etiology of diabetes.

A Medline search brought up two studies [2,3] that mention that EMFs are
used in the TREATMENT of diabetes !  But this seems to be restricted
to mere treatment of symptoms (e.g. neuropathy), not cause-oriented
treatment...

Cheerio,
Chris


References:

[1] Profession-specific mortality risks of men in Switzerland 1979-83.
    Volume 14: Health.  Swiss Federal Office for Statistics, 1997.
    (All men were aged 35-74)

[2] Beneficial effects of electromagnetic fields.
    Bassett CA, Bioelectric Research Center, Columbia University, Riverdale,
    New York 10463.
    J Cell Biochem, 1993 Apr, 51:4, 387-93
    Abstract:
    Selective control of cell function by applying specifically configured,
    weak, time-varying magnetic fields has added a new, exciting dimension
    to biology and medicine. Field parameters for therapeutic, pulsed
    electromagnetic field (PEMFs) were designed to induce voltages similar
    to those produced, normally, during dynamic mechanical deformation of
    connective tissues. As a result, a wide variety of challenging
    musculoskeletal disorders have been treated successfully over the past
    two decades. More than a quarter million patients with chronically
    ununited fractures have benefitted, worldwide, from this surgically
    non-invasive method, without risk, discomfort, or the high costs of
    operative repair. Many of the athermal bioresponses, at the cellular and
    subcellular levels, have been identified and found appropriate to correct
    or modify the pathologic processes for which PEMFs have been used. Not
    only is efficacy supported by these basic studies but by a number of
    double-blind trials. As understanding of mechanisms expands, specific
    requirements for field energetics are being defined and the range of
    treatable ills broadened. These include nerve regeneration, wound healing,
    graft behavior, diabetes, and myocardial and cerebral ischemia (heart
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    attack and stroke), among other conditions. Preliminary data even suggest
    possible benefits in controlling malignancy.

[3] Pulsed electromagnetic fields in experimental cutaneous wound healing
    in rats.
    Patiņo O; Grana D; Bolgiani A; Prezzavento G; Miņo J; Merlo A; Benaim F
    Department of Postgraduate Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery,
      Universidad del Salvador and Fundacion del Quemado.
    J Burn Care Rehabil, 1996 Nov, 17:6 Pt 1, 528-31
    Abstract:
    Electromagnetic fields are now being used in many diseases such as
    osseous, ligamental, cartilaginous, or nervous reparation, diabetes,
    and myocardial or cerebral ischemia. [...]                 ^^^^^^^^





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