Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX) (), also known as Quantum Xrroid Consciousness Interface (QXCI), is a

radionics Radionics—also called electromagnetic therapy (EMT) and the Abrams Method—is a form of alternative medicine that claims that disease can be diagnosed and treated by applying electromagnetic radiation (EMR), such as radio waves, to the bo ...

device which claims to read the body's reactivity to various frequencies and then send back other frequencies to make changes in the body.Miracle makers or money takers?

CBC News CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. ...

''Marketplace'', Feb 27, 2009 It is manufactured and marketed by self-styled "Professor Bill Nelson," also known as

Desiré Dubounet Desiré D. Dubounet (born William Charles Nelson; 19June 1951) is an American alternative medicine inventor, filmmaker and performer currently living in Budapest. Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid, an e ...

. She is currently operating in Hungary, a fugitive from the US following indictment on fraud charges connected to EPFX. Descriptions of the device in mainstream media note its US$20,000 price tag and the improbable nature of the claims made for it. It has reportedly been used to "treat" a variety of serious diseases including

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

. In one documented case, undiagnosed and untreated

leukaemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...

resulted in the death of a patient. The website Quackwatch posted an analysis of the device by Stephen Barrett which concludes: "The Quantum Xrroid device is claimed to balance 'bio-energetic' forces that the scientific community does not recognize as real. It mainly reflects skin resistance (how easily low-voltage electric currents from the device pass through the skin), which is not related to the body's health." In 2009, imports to the US were banned.FDA Takes Action Against Fake Medical Device
10 August 2009

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* {{cite web , title = Miracle Machines:The 21st-Century Snake Oil , work =

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, url = http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/miracle-machines-the-21st-century-snake-oil/ An investigative report on fraudulent or dangerous alternative medical devices, focusing on the EPFX. Health fraud products Alternative cancer treatments

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