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http://www.magnetic-mattress-pads.co.ukResearch and other important documents:
http://detroitnews.healthology.com/
http://www.magnetictherapyfacts.org/magnetic_water4.asp
http://www.magnetictherapyfacts.org/research/bone_healing.asp
http://www.magnetictherapyfacts.org/research/diabetes.asp
http://www.sciencehat.com/user12/
http://www.lifetechnology.org/blog/2006/11/magnetictreatmentsforcancer
Reprinted from the website:
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/magnet/magnet.htm#scientific
National Center for the Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
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