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June 2, 2011 07:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_eK8eMroC8k/Researcher-Claims-Magnets-Can-Affect-Blood-Viscosity
Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity
BuzzSkyline writes "A few minutes in a high magnetic field (1.3 Tesla) is enough to thin blood by 30%, potentially leading to a new drug-free therapy to prevent heart attacks. The powerful field causes blood cells to line up in chains that flow much more easily than randomly-scattered individual cells, according to research scheduled to appear this month in the journal Physical Review E." I can't help thinking of Penn & Teller's look at magnets-as-medicine, though at least the idea here described sounds testable and doesn't rely on the power of suggestion. 
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