Bioresonance focused ultrasound is an alternative medicine practice which claims to identify diseased internal organs and normalize their electromagnetic wave emissions, on the theory that healthy and unhealthy organs emit differing frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
Ultrasound can temporarily open up the blood brain barrier in order to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into tumors, known as sonodynamic therapy. This is accomplished using low intensity diagnostic ultrasound at therapeutic frequencies.
It’s a form of alternative medicine
MR-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) is a noninvasive cancer treatment method, using beams of ultrasound energy directed towards pinpoint targets within the body to heat up and destroy tumors without harming surrounding tissue. FUS offers safe, effective, minimally invasive treatment options for treating many tumors.
Bioresonance therapy requires patients to sit in front of an electronic device that measures electromagnetic waves produced by their bodies. According to bioresonance theory, unhealthy cells emit these electromagnetic waves that can be detected and changed back into normal by resonance therapy – making this form of alternative medicine widely promoted across many conditions but without any evidence supporting its claims of curating certain illnesses.
Recent research demonstrated that focused ultrasound can significantly decrease symptoms in people suffering from essential tremor, a movement disorder. Furthermore, it may prevent future episodes once treatment ceases and may help patients with Parkinson’s disease stop taking medications altogether – this study was one of the first to show how focused ultrasound therapy could improve quality of life for such patients.
Researchers from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto successfully transported chemotherapy drugs across the blood-brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound technology. This innovative solution temporarily opens up the BBB, and enhances delivery. This article delves deeper into this breakthrough while discussing other potential uses for focused ultrasound in neurological conditions.
Neal F. Kassell of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Virginia Tech are featured in this issue of Virginia Business for their work supporting focused ultrasound technology for treating uterine fibroids and other women’s health concerns using focused ultrasound technology. Learn about their efforts.
It’s a scam
Imagine an electronic device capable of detecting and counteracting unhealthy frequencies emitted by diseased organs or cancer cells – bioresonance focused ultrasound promises this functionality, although its theory remains unproven: sick organs emit altered electromagnetic waves; by changing these back to normal frequencies, healing occurs naturally – however this scam proves otherwise.
Predatory medical practices pose serious threats to health as they delay seeking proper treatments for serious diseases like cancer. Furthermore, sessions that don’t work can cost thousands of pounds in wasted visits. According to health and beauty journalist Nadine Baggott “it is a dangerous form of quackery which preys upon vulnerable people”.
Though the FDA has pursued many purveyors of electrical devices, bioresonance focused ultrasound remains a popular alternative to conventional treatments – even being touted as a potential cure for cancer. However, there’s no scientific proof that focused ultrasound works and FDA warns against its use. Other forms of focused ultrasound may still offer benefits to cancer patients. Sonodynamic therapy utilizes low-intensity diagnostic ultrasound waves to temporarily open up the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), allowing chemotherapy agents to reach brain tumors through them. Acoustic energy generated from cavitating microbubbles containing these medications then causes reactive oxygen species that destroy cancerous cells nearby.
It’s dangerous
Bioresonance is an unproven treatment which claims to detect and cancel out unhealthy frequencies. It works on the theory that damaged cells emit altered electromagnetic waves which can help diagnose disease; by returning these waves back to their regular frequencies it will cure diseases as well as detect them early enough for cure. While studies have revealed positive results from using this approach, many medical professionals caution against it as a replacement for more evidence-based approaches such as physical therapy or medication.
Bioresonance focused ultrasound has many medical applications; however, there are a number of safety issues that need to be resolved before it can be used on humans. First off, it’s essential to understand how the technique works: sound waves targeted directly against cancerous tumors cause cavitation damage by traveling into tissues’ centers resulting in necrosis and inflammation as well as increased tumor cell metabolism.
Sonatrex Bioresonance System uses focused ultrasound waves to treat tumors in the brain, abdomen and other areas of the body. It features a special transducer designed to focus on treating areas around tumors; when focused on, its concave surface causes ultrasound waves to congregate at their target site of treatment using various techniques including geometric and electronic focusing.
Ultrasound energy can be absorbed by tissues at points where pressure fluctuations in a focused ultrasound wave meet, where this energy is converted to heat and forms a thermal lesion in its focus area. This damage could prove fatal if it occurred in the head or neck as this area houses many vital organs; furthermore, neurological complications could arise should its focal area lie near nerves or blood vessels.
Focused ultrasound may also be used to temporarily open up the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB consists of tight junctions between endothelial cells lining blood vessels in the brain that serve to block toxic substances and pathogens from entering. Focused ultrasound, however, can generate microbubbles which cross this barrier and carry drug payloads directly into tumors.
It’s expensive
Bioresonance therapy holds great promise for treating diseases like cancer, but it should not be seen as a panacea. Furthermore, its cost can be staggering: just the machine alone costs thousands of pounds, while individual treatments could even more expensive. People living with undiagnosed cancer might be tempted to give bioresonance therapy a try but should carefully consider any risks; otherwise they risk delaying seeking proper medical advice which could result in growing tumours and possibly death.
Thankfully, focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor is becoming more widely accessible: the FDA recently granted it approval as an essential tremor treatment, and Medicare reimbursement will begin after January 1st 2024.
Focused ultrasound is a safe, minimally invasive procedure used to treat multiple disorders. Unlike other interventions, focused ultrasound does not require general anesthesia or incision for delivery in hospital settings – meaning patients will experience less adverse side effects as a result.
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound may offer an acceptable alternative to deep brain stimulation for those not eligible for neurosurgery, as it’s less expensive than therapies such as radiofrequency thalamotomy. Furthermore, The Foundation has created a tool to compare costs of MR-guided focused ultrasound to those associated with other procedures or studies and this can be found here.
This tool, designed by the Foundation to assist hospitals in understanding how much it costs to perform focused ultrasound procedures, is also intended to be used by patients and physicians alike. We hope that by making it widely accessible this will accelerate clinical adoption of MR-guided focused ultrasound technology.
