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Article ; Online: Effects of a Passive Online Software Application on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Nervous System Balance.

Rubik, Beverly

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

2017 Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 68–74

Abstract: Objective: This study investigated whether short-term exposure to a passive online software application of purported subtle energy technology would affect heart rate variability (HRV) and associated autonomic nervous system measures.: Methods: This ... ...

Abstract	Objective: This study investigated whether short-term exposure to a passive online software application of purported subtle energy technology would affect heart rate variability (HRV) and associated autonomic nervous system measures. Methods: This was a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial (RCT). The study took place in a nonprofit laboratory in Emeryville, California. Twenty healthy, nonsmoking subjects (16 females), aged 40-75 years, participated. Quantum Code Technology Results: Paired samples t-tests showed that for the Heart+ App, mean LF/HF decreased (p = 9.5 × 10 Conclusions: Significant beneficial changes in mean LF/HF, along with possible trends in mean LF and root mean square sequential difference, were observed in subjects following 35 min exposure to the Heart+ App that was working in the background on an active smartphone untouched by the subjects. This may be the first RCT to show that specific frequencies of a purported non-Hertzian type of subtle energy conveyed by software applications broadcast from personal electronic devices can be bioactive and beneficially impact autonomic nervous system balance.
MeSH term(s)	Adult ; Aged ; Autonomic Nervous System ; Complementary Therapies ; Double-Blind Method ; Female ; Heart/physiology ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mobile Applications ; Smartphone ; Software ; Stress, Psychological/therapy
Language	English
Publishing date	2017-01-04
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
ZDB-ID	1237383-7
ISSN	1557-7708 ; 1075-5535
ISSN (online)	1557-7708
ISSN	1075-5535
DOI	10.1089/acm.2016.0198
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Article ; Online: Evidence for a connection between coronavirus disease-19 and exposure to radiofrequency radiation from wireless communications including 5G.

Rubik, Beverly / Brown, Robert R

Journal of clinical and translational research

2021 Volume 7, Issue 5, Page(s) 666–681

Abstract: Background and aim: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) public health policy has focused on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and its effects on human health while environmental factors have been largely ignored. In ... ...

Abstract	Background and aim: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) public health policy has focused on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and its effects on human health while environmental factors have been largely ignored. In considering the epidemiological triad (agent-host-environment) applicable to all disease, we investigated a possible environmental factor in the COVID-19 pandemic: ambient radiofrequency radiation from wireless communication systems including microwaves and millimeter waves. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, surfaced in Wuhan, China shortly after the implementation of city-wide (fifth generation [5G] of wireless communications radiation [WCR]), and rapidly spread globally, initially demonstrating a statistical correlation to international communities with recently established 5G networks. In this study, we examined the peer-reviewed scientific literature on the detrimental bioeffects of WCR and identified several mechanisms by which WCR may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic as a toxic environmental cofactor. By crossing boundaries between the disciplines of biophysics and pathophysiology, we present evidence that WCR may: (1) cause morphologic changes in erythrocytes including echinocyte and rouleaux formation that can contribute to hypercoagulation; (2) impair microcirculation and reduce erythrocyte and hemoglobin levels exacerbating hypoxia; (3) amplify immune system dysfunction, including immunosuppression, autoimmunity, and hyperinflammation; (4) increase cellular oxidative stress and the production of free radicals resulting in vascular injury and organ damage; (5) increase intracellular Ca Relevance for patients: In short, WCR has become a ubiquitous environmental stressor that we propose may have contributed to adverse health outcomes of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and increased the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we recommend that all people, particularly those suffering from SARS-CoV-2 infection, reduce their exposure to WCR as much as reasonably achievable until further research better clarifies the systemic health effects associated with chronic WCR exposure.
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-09-29
Publishing country	Singapore
Document type	Journal Article ; Review
ZDB-ID	3019815-X
ISSN	2424-810X ; 2382-6533
ISSN (online)	2424-810X
ISSN	2382-6533
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Book ; Conference proceedings: The interrelationship between mind and matter

Rubik, Beverly

proceedings of a conference

1992

Event/congress	International Roundtable Meeting on The Interrelationship between Mind and Matter (1989, PhiladelphiaPa.)
Author's details	[Philadelphia International Roundtable Meeting on "The Interrelationship between Mind and Matter" in May 1989]. Ed. by Beverly Rubik
Keywords	Brain / physiology / congresses ; Consciousness / physiology / congresses ; Mental Processes / physiology / congresses ; Naturwissenschaften ; Weltbild ; Leib-Seele-Problem ; Bewusstsein
Subject	Seele ; Körper ; Körper-Geist-Beziehung ; Körper-Seele-Beziehung ; Leib-Seele-Beziehung ; Psychophysisches Problem ; Leib ; Weltdeutung ; Welterfahrung ; Weltbetrachtung ; Weltsicht ; Weltverstehen ; Weltverständnis ; Naturforschung ; Naturlehre ; Naturwissenschaft
Language	English
Size	VI, 281 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
Publisher	The Center for Frontier Sciences, Temple Univ
Publishing place	Philadelphia, Pa
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Book ; Conference proceedings
HBZ-ID	HT006263541
ISBN	0-9633272-0-8 ; 978-0-9633272-0-8
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Article ; Online: Neurofeedback-enhanced gamma brainwaves from the prefrontal cortical region of meditators and non-meditators and associated subjective experiences.

Rubik, Beverly

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

2011 Volume 17, Issue 2, Page(s) 109–115

Abstract: Objectives: This study had two aims: (1) to explore the inner experiences associated with increased production of gamma brainwaves in an initial neurofeedback experience; and (2) to measure and compare neurofeedback-enhanced increased output from the ... ...

Abstract	Objectives: This study had two aims: (1) to explore the inner experiences associated with increased production of gamma brainwaves in an initial neurofeedback experience; and (2) to measure and compare neurofeedback-enhanced increased output from the prefrontal cortical region of meditators and non-meditators, using the Peak Brain Happiness Trainer(™) neurofeedback system. Design: This was a controlled pilot study; it involved a single session per subject. Setting: The research was conducted in a nonprofit laboratory in the United States. Subjects: There were 12 adults in 2 groups (N = 12): 6 practitioners of Transcendental Meditation(™) and six controls. Measures: The measures were self-assessed inner experiences and measurements of clarified gamma output at the prefrontal cortical region. Results: (1) Self-assessed descriptions were comparable for both groups; (2) the associations of 16 supplied descriptors with the initial neurofeedback experience were comparable for both groups and showed highest scores for "happy" (p < 0.0001) and "loving" (p < 0.0001), and lowest scores for "stressed" (p < 0.0001) and "disappointed" (p < 0.0001); (3) baseline measures were comparable for both groups; (4) both groups were able to increase gamma brainwaves using neurofeedback (p < 0.01); and (5) meditators produced greater increases over controls (p = 0.02). Conclusions: The inner experience associated with increased clarified gamma amplitude from the prefrontal cortex apparently involves positive emotions of happiness and love, along with reduced stress. Meditators achieved greater increases in the gamma band from the prefrontal cortical region over controls during an initial neurofeedback session.
MeSH term(s)	Adult ; Brain Waves ; Female ; Happiness ; Humans ; Love ; Male ; Meditation/psychology ; Middle Aged ; Neurofeedback/methods ; Pilot Projects ; Prefrontal Cortex/physiology ; Stress, Psychological
Language	English
Publishing date	2011-02
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
ZDB-ID	1237383-7
ISSN	1557-7708 ; 1075-5535
ISSN (online)	1557-7708
ISSN	1075-5535
DOI	10.1089/acm.2009.0191
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Article ; Online: Self-Organization at Aqueous Colloid-Membrane Interfaces and an Optical Method to Measure the Kinetics of Exclusion Zone Formation

Harry Jabs / Beverly Rubik

Entropy, Vol 16, Iss 11, Pp 5954-

2014 Volume 5975

Abstract: Exclusion zone (EZ) formation at water-membrane interfaces was studied via bright- and dark-field microscopy. Various aqueous colloids including suspensions of charged microspheres, silicon dioxide particles, and raw whole milk were studied with Nafion® ... ...

Abstract	Exclusion zone (EZ) formation at water-membrane interfaces was studied via bright- and dark-field microscopy. Various aqueous colloids including suspensions of charged microspheres, silicon dioxide particles, and raw whole milk were studied with Nafion® hydrophilic membranes. Interfacial formations observed included EZs and more complex patterns including striations, double layers, banding, dendritic aggregates of particles, and double-stranded structures resembling Birkeland current filaments in cold plasmas. A complex three-dimensional dynamic structure and continuous flow patterns persist in and around EZs, maintaining movement of the colloidal particles even after EZs are fully formed, for which a schematic is proposed. Since radiant energy is critical for EZ formation, we hypothesize that these interfacial phenomena are non-equilibrium dissipative structures that self-organize and self-maintain due to ongoing dynamic processes that may involve hydrodynamic interactions. Another experimental approach undertaken involved the construction of a microscope flow cell to measure the kinetics of EZ formation using sequential microphotography analyzed with macro-programmed ImageJ software to investigate effects of different types of conditioned water. No significant difference was found between spring water and the same water treated by a magnetic vortexer. A significant difference was found for municipal tap water compared to electrolyzed alkaline tap water from the same source.
Keywords	interfacial water ; exclusion zone ; aqueous colloid ; self-organization ; non-equilibrium ; dissipative structure ; Science ; Q ; Astrophysics ; QB460-466 ; Physics ; QC1-999
Subject code	660
Language	English
Publishing date	2014-11-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	MDPI AG
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article: The biofield hypothesis: its biophysical basis and role in medicine.

Rubik, Beverly

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

2002 Volume 8, Issue 6, Page(s) 703–717

Abstract: This paper provides a scientific foundation for the biofield: the complex, extremely weak electromagnetic field of the organism hypothesized to involve electromagnetic bioinformation for regulating homeodynamics. The biofield is a useful construct ... ...

Abstract	This paper provides a scientific foundation for the biofield: the complex, extremely weak electromagnetic field of the organism hypothesized to involve electromagnetic bioinformation for regulating homeodynamics. The biofield is a useful construct consistent with bioelectromagnetics and the physics of nonlinear, dynamical, nonequilibrium living systems. It offers a unifying hypothesis to explain the interaction of objects or fields with the organism, and is especially useful toward understanding the scientific basis of energy medicine, including acupuncture, biofield therapies, bioelectromagnetic therapies, and homeopathy. The rapid signal propagation of electromagnetic fields comprising the biofield as well as its holistic properties may account for the rapid, holistic effects of certain alternative and complementary medical interventions.
MeSH term(s)	Acupuncture ; Biophysical Phenomena ; Biophysics ; Electromagnetic Fields ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Homeopathy ; Humans
Language	English
Publishing date	2002-12
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. ; Review
ZDB-ID	1237383-7
ISSN	1075-5535
ISSN	1075-5535
DOI	10.1089/10755530260511711
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Article: Sympathetic Resonance Technology: scientific foundation and summary of biologic and clinical studies.

Rubik, Beverly

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

2002 Volume 8, Issue 6, Page(s) 823–856

Abstract: Sympathetic Resonance Technology (SRT; Clarus Products, International, L.L.C., San Rafael, CA) is a novel technology used in consumer health care products to protect humans from the potentially harmful effects of stress. A summary of the previously ... ...

Abstract	Sympathetic Resonance Technology (SRT; Clarus Products, International, L.L.C., San Rafael, CA) is a novel technology used in consumer health care products to protect humans from the potentially harmful effects of stress. A summary of the previously unpublished studies on SRT, both basic and clinical, is presented. These studies collectively show that SRT mitigates the stress response for a variety of stressors such as chemical and electromagnetic stress in various biologic systems and multiple levels of organization, ranging from the molecular to the behavioral. A rudimentary model of how SRT may work at the level of the biofield, the endogenous electromagnetic field of the organism, is proposed. By interacting with key component frequencies in the biofield, SRT may stabilize the organism homeodynamically, thereby protecting it from the effects of stressful stimuli.
MeSH term(s)	Adaptation, Psychological ; Aged ; Biotechnology ; Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic ; Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects ; Humans ; Quality of Life ; Stress, Physiological/etiology ; Stress, Physiological/physiopathology ; Stress, Physiological/prevention & control ; Stress, Psychological/physiopathology ; Stress, Psychological/prevention & control ; Sympathetic Nervous System/physiopathology ; Therapeutic Human Experimentation ; Treatment Outcome ; United States
Language	English
Publishing date	2002-12
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Review
ZDB-ID	1237383-7
ISSN	1075-5535
ISSN	1075-5535
DOI	10.1089/10755530260511838
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Article: Biofield Science and Healing: History, Terminology, and Concepts.

Rubik, Beverly / Muehsam, David / Hammerschlag, Richard / Jain, Shamini

Global advances in health and medicine

2015 Volume 4, Issue Suppl, Page(s) 8–14

Abstract: Biofield science is an emerging field of study that aims to provide a scientific foundation for understanding the complex homeodynamic regulation of living systems. By furthering our scientific knowledge of the biofield, we arrive at a better ... ...

Abstract	Biofield science is an emerging field of study that aims to provide a scientific foundation for understanding the complex homeodynamic regulation of living systems. By furthering our scientific knowledge of the biofield, we arrive at a better understanding of the foundations of biology as well as the phenomena that have been described as "energy medicine." Energy medicine, the application of extremely low-level signals to the body, including energy healer interventions and bio-electromagnetic device-based therapies, is incomprehensible from the dominant biomedical paradigm of "life as chemistry." The biofield or biological field, a complex organizing energy field engaged in the generation, maintenance, and regulation of biological homeodynamics, is a useful concept that provides the rudiments of a scientific foundation for energy medicine and thereby advances the research and practice of it. An overview on the biofield is presented in this paper, with a focus on the history of the concept, related terminology, key scientific concepts, and the value of the biofield perspective for informing future research.
Language	English
Publishing date	2015-11-01
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2709002-4
ISSN	2164-9561 ; 2164-957X
ISSN (online)	2164-9561
ISSN	2164-957X
DOI	10.7453/gahmj.2015.038.suppl
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Article ; Online: Reiki Reduces Burnout Among Community Mental Health Clinicians.

Rosada, Renee M / Rubik, Beverly / Mainguy, Barbara / Plummer, Julie / Mehl-Madrona, Lewis

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

2015 Volume 21, Issue 8, Page(s) 489–495

Abstract: Background: Clinicians working in community mental health clinics are at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a problem involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Reiki is a holistic biofield energy therapy ... ...

Abstract	Background: Clinicians working in community mental health clinics are at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a problem involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Reiki is a holistic biofield energy therapy beneficial for reducing stress. The purpose of this study was to determine if 30 minutes of healing touch could reduce burnout in community mental health clinicians. Methods: We utilized a crossover design to explore the efficacy of Reiki versus sham Reiki, a pseudo treatment designed to mimic true Reiki, as a means to reduce symptoms of burnout. Subjects were randomized to whether they started with Reiki or sham. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Measure Your Medical Outcome Profile Version 2 (MYMOP-2) were used as outcome measures. Multilevel modeling was used to represent the relations among variables. Results: Reiki was statistically significantly better than sham Reiki in reducing burnout among community mental health clinicians (p=0.011). Reiki was significant in reducing depersonalization (p<0.001), but only among single people. Reiki reduced the primary symptom on the MYMOP also only among single people (p=0.03). Conclusions: The effects of Reiki were differentiated from sham Reiki. Reiki could be helpful in community mental health settings for the mental health of the practitioners.
MeSH term(s)	Burnout, Professional/therapy ; Cross-Over Studies ; Female ; Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Male ; Mental Health Services/organization & administration ; Therapeutic Touch
Language	English
Publishing date	2015-08
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
ZDB-ID	1237383-7
ISSN	1557-7708 ; 1075-5535
ISSN (online)	1557-7708
ISSN	1075-5535
DOI	10.1089/acm.2014.0403
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Article: The perennial challenge of anomalies at the frontiers of science

Rubik, Beverly

British Homeopathic Journal

1994 Volume 83, Issue 03, Page(s) 155–166

Abstract: The history of science is full of rejections of novel discoveries that challenged the dominant paradigm. The reasons for rejection on the part of the scientific community are discussed. Nonetheless, scientific anomalies are crucial to promoting ... ...

Abstract	The history of science is full of rejections of novel discoveries that challenged the dominant paradigm. The reasons for rejection on the part of the scientific community are discussed. Nonetheless, scientific anomalies are crucial to promoting continuous scientific innovation and breakthroughs. The most challenging anomalies are recognized only after a reasoned explanation has been offered and accepted. Many of these anomalies come from the ‘frontier sciences’, areas of scientific inquiry that are not yet mainstream. The extraordinary obstacles that frontier scientists face are elaborated. In the light of this, strategies are offered toward progress, particularly for research in homoeopathy and low dose bio-effects. Several frontier areas of research in biology and medicine relate to the subtler features of life that seem to defy explanation by conventional molecular mechanism. Frontier scientists working in the areas of consciousness studies, epigenetic inheritance, certain topics in bio-electromagnetics, and homoeopathy and other low dose bio-effects offer science the gift of new questions that go beyond the dominant paradigm of mechanical reductionism. Often regarded as isolated anomalies by the mainstream, the results of their investigations taken collectively show need for a larger paradigm to accommodate them. Biology appears to entering a crisis. Whereas conventional science maintains that biological information is stored and transferred via biomolecular structures such as DNA, the novel frontier findings suggest that other informational signals not attributable to discrete chemical structures may elicit biological effects. These signals may be interacting with a more subtle bioregulatory system that is a property of the whole organism, such as its endogenous electromagnetic field.
Language	English
Publishing date	1994-07-01
Publisher	Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Publishing place	Stuttgart ; New York
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	422693-8
ISSN	0007-0785 ; 0007-0785
ISSN (online)	0007-0785
ISSN	0007-0785
DOI	10.1016/S0007-0785(05)80862-2
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