title: Electromagnetic therapy
text: # Electromagnetic therapy
  
  Electromagnetic therapy or electromagnetic field therapy refers to therapy involving the use of magnets or electromagnets.
  
  Types include :
  
  * Bioelectromagnetics, the study of how electromagnetic fields interact with and influence biological processes.
  * Electrotherapy, the use of electrical or electromagnetic energy in medicine;
  * Electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine), the use of electromagnetic radiation to treat disease. Evidence of efficacy is lacking.
  * Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, or PEMF, the use of weak electromagnetic fields to initiate osteogenesis.
  * Alternating electric field therapy, also known as "Tumor Treating Fields", the use of electric fields as an anti-mitotic therapy for cancer patients.
  