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Heel pain? Get better shoes, not magnets - study
Last Updated: 2003-09-16 16:39:17 -0400 (Reuters Health)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Magnets do not relieve pain, and the money spent on
magnetic shoe inserts to battle aching feet would be better spent on more
comfortable shoes, a scientist said on Tuesday.
"What this study found was conclusive evidence that the magnets in the
insoles that we studied were not at all helpful in relieving pain," said
study author Dr. Mark Winemiller of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
The study appeared in the latest issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association.