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Does a necklace of magnets help headaches or a bracelet help arthritis?
8 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Not proven helpful: The magnetic therapy products available to consumers have not been proven to help arthritis. Little magnets are sometimes sewn into bracelets or necklaces. The bracelets may be fashionable, but the magnets do not provide any additional benefits. However, pain is very subjective, so if a person believes he is doing more to treat his pain by wearing magnets, he may truly sense less pain.
Answered 5/22/2016
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No proof: Some will swear by magnets but there is no good proof in the medical literature.
Answered 1/19/2014
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Electromagnetism...: ..was first recognized as a phenomenon in 1821 by Øersted. It didn't take long for quacks to start peddling magnet therapy as a cure-all. The myth refuses to die. You're bathed in magnetic fields from the moment of conception: Earth's magnetic field & those of technology all around us. We're not affected. Do you think a few puny little magnets around your wrist or neck will have any effect?
Answered 5/21/2016
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