Hey, look: they're reinventing ultrasound

[Diane]

Check out this press article, dated 20 Feb 2006: A Soviet Technology Developed During The Cold War May Provide Pain Relief (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=37889), about some cool "new" wave treatment called millimeter wave. Sound familiar?

:shade:

[emad]

Applying the waves to points on the skin with the highest density of nerves appears to work best. Using this approach, under strict double-blind conditions, we've produced evidence of pain relief in experimental animal models as well as in a small group of human volunteers," said Ziskin.



Companies want to sell products .

Emad

[bernard]

Sound familiar?

You can elicit a nerve response with a mechanical vibration because (IMHO) a nerve works like this. :lightbulb