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INFRA-RED RADIATION FROM THE BODY SURFACE (RADIO EPIGASTRICA) AS AN INDEX OF THE STATE OF THE STOMACH FUNCTION

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M. A. Sobakin · 1965

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This 1965 study used the body's own infrared heat emissions as a possible diagnostic tool for stomach function, not as evidence of external EMF exposure risk.

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This 1965 study explored whether the infrared (heat) radiation naturally emitted from the skin's surface could reveal what's happening inside the stomach. Researchers were essentially testing if body-surface heat patterns could serve as a non-invasive window into digestive organ function. This falls into the category of diagnostic thermography research rather than studies on external EMF exposure risks.

Why This Matters

It's worth pausing on what this study actually measured, because it's easy to lump all EMF-related research together. This isn't about radiofrequency radiation from phones or power lines affecting your body. It's about your body's own infrared emissions, the heat every warm object radiates, being used as a diagnostic signal. Put simply, your stomach's activity generates subtle changes in surface temperature, and researchers wanted to know if reading those patterns could tell doctors something useful without cutting anyone open.

The reality is that this kind of research sits in a different scientific lane from the exposure studies that dominate EMF health discussions today. Soviet and Eastern Bloc biophysics labs in the 1960s did substantial work on bioelectromagnetic phenomena, some of it diagnostic like this, some of it exploring therapeutic applications, and some of it examining exposure risks from emerging technologies. What this means for you is mostly historical context. It shows that scientists have been studying the body's electromagnetic and thermal properties for over half a century, long before cell phones or Wi-Fi existed. That history matters when industry claims EMF bioeffects are a fringe or novel concern. The science of how biological systems interact with electromagnetic phenomena, in both directions, has deep roots.

Exposure Information

Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.

Cite This Study
M. A. Sobakin (1965). INFRA-RED RADIATION FROM THE BODY SURFACE (RADIO EPIGASTRICA) AS AN INDEX OF THE STATE OF THE STOMACH FUNCTION.
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  author = {M. A. Sobakin},
  title = {INFRA-RED RADIATION FROM THE BODY SURFACE (RADIO EPIGASTRICA) AS AN INDEX OF THE STATE OF THE STOMACH FUNCTION},
  year = {1965},
  
  
}
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Quick Questions About This Study

It examined whether infrared (heat) radiation naturally given off by the skin's surface could serve as a diagnostic indicator of stomach activity. This is a thermography-style approach, not a study of external EMF exposure. No abstract survives, so specific findings aren't available, but the title indicates a diagnostic focus.
Not directly. This research looked at the body's own emitted infrared radiation as a diagnostic signal, unlike most EMF health studies that examine how external fields from devices affect biological tissue. It's more relevant to the history of thermographic diagnostics than to exposure risk assessment.
Soviet and Eastern Bloc labs invested heavily in biophysics research during this era, including work on the body's electromagnetic and thermal properties. Diagnostic applications, like reading surface infrared patterns to assess internal organ function, were part of a broader effort to develop non-invasive medical monitoring tools.
The premise this study explored is that internal organ activity, including in the stomach, can influence surface temperature patterns detectable through infrared measurement. Whether this produced reliable diagnostic value isn't clear from the available record, since no abstract or results summary survives from this 1965 conference paper.
Infrared thermography measures heat your body already emits, a passive diagnostic tool. RF exposure studies examine how external electromagnetic fields, from phones, Wi-Fi, or power lines, interact with and potentially affect biological tissue. This study falls into the former category, not the exposure-risk category most EMF research addresses.