The Potential for Electromagnetic Energy as both Diagnosis and Treatment

Our company, EMF Disturbance Monitors, Inc. is developing a new medical device for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure. But did you know that electromagnetic energy (EM) can be used both for diagnosis and treatment of disease?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of low-frequency electromagnetic energy as treatment for pain, depression and bone healing. The treatment for pain is called PEMF (Pulsed ElectroMagnetic Field). PEMF has also been used to help bone fractures heal. The treatment for depression is called rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). There is also an off-label use of electromagnetic energy for treatment called RIFE (named after the inventor Royal Rife). RIFE was originally used to kill bacteria. Over the past century, patients have used RIFE machines for broader indications such as general well-being.

Our company’s device uses low-frequency electromagnetic energy for diagnosis. There are many uses for EM in the diagnosis of disease including EKG (electrocardiogram), EEG (electroencepholgram, EMG (electromyelogram), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), magnetocardiogram and electromagnetic field disturbance. An EKG detects EM energy from the heart using pads on your skin. An EEG detects EM emeissions from the brain using pads on your scalp. An EMG detects EM emissions from muscles using pads on the skin near those muscles. An MRI machine uses high-frequency EM to create images of the body. A magnetocardiogram detects low-frequency EM emissions of the heart using specialized, super-cooled sensors. Our technology, EMF disturbance, creates a safe, external electromagnetic field (EMF) which is “disturbed” by the EM emissions of muscles and nerves.

As I discussed in a previous blog, advances in computer analytics and the development of smaller, highly-sensitive EM sensors has accelerated the study of biomagnetism. Scientists have been aware for more than a century that organs of the body emit electromagnetic energy, In the last 50 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of medical devices which have received FDA approval for the use of EM in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In February, 2024, we will begin our first clinical trial using EMF disturbance technology.

You can follow our journey toward FDA approval through Linkedin and on our web site, www.emfdisturbancemonitors.com.

Why Do We Need FDA Approval?

Patient and friends often ask me why medical care is so expensive. Healthcare costs in the United States are more expensive than in any other country in the world. Why? The answer is complicated. On the one hand, healthcare innovation is alive and well in our country, with new devices and medicines becoming available every year. On the other hand, an often overlooked reason is that the US has an enviable safety record for these innovations because of the Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA is responsible for reviewing and approving new medical devices and prescription medications. This is a long and expensive process which involves proving that the device or medicine is safe for users and effective at the purpose for which it is intended. When a manufacturer creates a new device or medicine, the company works with the FDA to achieve approval for the sale of the device or medicine in the US. This may involve safety testing in animals or cell cultures before testing on humans. Patients must then volunteer to be in a medical study to test the intended use of the device or medicine. The manufacturer must warn volunteers about potential adverse events associated with the device or medicine. Many study volunteers decline to participate or withdraw from studies due to safety concerns. If the device or medicine is not found to be effective, then the company’s investment in research is lost.

By the time a company is successful in getting FDA approval for a new medical device or prescription medication, the company has already invested millions of dollars in research and development. When the company begins to manufacture and sell the product, the pricing must include the cost of manufacturing, marketing and research. The company must also make a profit on the device or medication, so that investors in the research are repaid. Lastly, patent protection for medical devices and medications in the US has a time limit, so the manufacturer must make back all their costs before generic drugs or similar devices can be manufactured by other companies.

By now, you can appreciate how hard it is to go from a great idea to the sale of a new medical device. It is a long and expensive process. It is important to remember that the FDA approval process was designed to protect consumers from fraud. When your provider orders a test or gives you a prescription, you can be confident that the device or medicine has been proven to be safe and effective. Our company has begun the process of seeking FDA approval for EMF disturbance technology. We will keep you informed as our journey progresses.

Why Do Hearts Fail?

Your heart is an amazing organ. It is a small group of muscles that work together to create circulation. The heart is one of the earliest organs to form in a fetus. Once it starts beating, it will continue to beat for many decades. The smooth muscle cells of the heart can repair themselves when they are injured. One thing the heart can’t do is make more heart muscle cells. If a heart muscle cell dies, it turns into scar tissue and the heart beats on with one less cell. One day, it may be possible to inject stem cells into an injured heart and encourage the stem cells to become new heart cells. But, for now, it’s important for you to minimize the loss of your heart cells to keep your heart healthy.

Heart injury isn’t just something that happens to the elderly. Some heart injuries are sudden like a heart attack. Other injuries are slower like alcohol use, smoking, poorly-controlled diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure. Injured heart muscle cells give doctors warning signs. The amount of blood circulated by the heart decreases. The heart enlarges. Chemical biomarkers leak out from injured cells into your blood. These are all signs that the heart muscle cells are failing to do their primary job of maintaining your circulation. Heart cells have an expected lifespan. As we age, the cumulative injuries to heart cells result in more frequent cell death. Heart failure becomes more common as we age.

In medicine, we have very effective treatments for heart failure. Lifestyle changes and medication are the most common treatments. In severe cases, we have battery-powered devices that assist the heart in pumping (LVAD). Heart transplants are done almost exclusively for patients who have severe heart failure. Early intervention, especially in cases where lifestyle treatments are needed, can slow the process of heart injury and prolong the patient’s life.

Early diagnosis of heart failure would be a significant advance in medicine. It would allow the provider to begin treatment earlier and preserve heart cells. Since the patient cannot make new heart cells, preserving the function of the patient’s heart cells becomes a medical priority. In my experience, when a patient has an abnormal heart test, this has been the most effective motivation for that patient finally making important lifestyle changes like stopping bad habits or controlling underlying diseases. Our company is working on an innovative medical device that may allow earlier diagnosis of heart failure. As our research and development contiues, we will keep the public informed about our progress.

Is Electromagnetic Energy Harmful to Humans?

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is tasked with determining whether electromagnetic energy created by devices like cellphones, microwaves and high-power electric lines are harmful to animals and humans.

In a recent publication, they adopted safety standards published by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. These guidelines are intended to set industry standards for devices that create electromagnetic energy so that the use of the devices will not be harmful.

There are several publications which describe individuals who appear to be ultrasensitive to electromagnetic energy. In the presence of high-power electric lines, these individuals report skin irritation. Fortunately, the majority of people are not ultrasensitive to ElectroMagnetic Field energy. For example, a wireless cellphone charger is a common device used in American households. A wireless cellphone charger creates a small electromagnetic field from which your cellphone battery receives a charge. If you are ultrasensitive to EMF energy, using a wireless cellphone charger might cause skin irritation. If you don’t get a rash when charging your cellphone, you are not ultrasensitive to EMF energy.

The natural emission of electromagnetic energy by the human body is well below the standards created for industry. Otherwise, being in a crowd of people might subject you to excessive electromagnetic field energy levels. In order to measure the electromagnetic energy created by your body, we need to use low or ultra low frequency electromagnetic field sensors.

Our new company is pioneering the use of low and ultra low frequency EMF sensors to assess the normal, healthy creation of energy by your body. We are also pioneering whether the energy that your body creates is strong enough to “disturb” electromagnetic fields that exist near your body. That is why we named our company EMF “Disturbance” Monitors.

Stay tuned as we move forward with our Research and Development on the use of low and ultra low frequency EMF sensors to assess your healthy energy production.

Making and Measuring Energy

“As a physician, I became frustrated with current medical technology that measures the energy levels created by common human organs like the heart, muscles and uterus. Personally, I was also frustrated that I could not always explain the cause of my “low energy” days. So, I began this journey in 2007 to make a better mousetrap.”

Dr. Paul Browne

As the primary founder of EMF Disturbance Monitors, Inc., I spend a lot of time explaining how our technology works. Just like you, I have days where I have a lot of energy and days I have low energy levels. In medical school, I learned that all cells create energy to perform their cell functions. Certain types of cells, like nerves and muscles, create larger amounts of energy. Now I think of my personal energy as the sum of all those cells which are independently creating energy.

When I practiced medicine, I cared for women who had diseases which reduced their muscle energy like multiple sclerosis and myotonic dystrophy. New treatments for those diseases focus on increasing the ability of muscles to create energy. When I delivered babies, some women’s uteruses could not create sufficient energy to allow them to deliver vaginally. I used treatments like oxytocin (Pitocin) to increase the uterine muscle energy so more women could have vaginal deliveries.

As a physician, I became frustrated with current medical technology that measures the energy levels created by common human organs like the heart, muscles and uterus. Personally, I was also frustrated that I could not always explain the cause of my “low energy” days. So, I began this journey in 2007 to make a better mousetrap. I discovered that there were very few technologies that actually measure the energy produced by organs in the human body. We have technology that confirms energy is being emitted from our bodies, but no technology that uses energy measurements to assess our health.

Our company is moving forward rapidly to create a new generation of diagnostic devices to measure the energy your body produces. Recent advances in computer analytics and smaller sensors to measure energy have made this possible. Stay tuned as we move forward with Research and Development to help you define your unique, healthy energy signature.