How Many People the ReliefBand Helps

EDITOR'S NOTE: Several months ago, I received a press release from Woodside Biomedical Company in California introducing a new product called ReliefBand to the fishing market. Woodside claimed that this device had the ability to stop the nausea and discomfort associated with seasickness. Although extremely skeptical, I tried it on my next fishing trip.

During a week-long period in the summer of 2000, I fished with three different groups of people in the Gulf of Mexico and tested the ReliefBand on five different individuals. I found that every one of them recovered from his or her seasickness within 20 minutes of using it. On another trip several months later again at the Gulf of Mexico, eight people on our boat became sick. Five of the eight had their symptoms relieved by wearing the ReliefBand.

To learn what makes this watch-like pulsating device stop seasickness for 80 to 85 percent of the people who try it, I interviewed Dan Rutledge of Sugarland, Texas, the vice president of corporate sales for Woodside Biomedical.

Question: What percentage of people who buy a ReliefBand use it to stop the effects of motion sickness?

Answer: Eighty to 85 percent of people who try the ReliefBand manage to stop the effects of motion sickness.

Question: What happens when a person begins to feel nauseated?

Answer: If he or she will put on the ReliefBand before vomiting occurs, the device will generally reverse the symptoms to some degree, if not eliminate them entirely. Usually the ReliefBand will stop the vomiting, and over time the nausea will decrease as well.

Question: What do you do when you feel the symptoms of nausea?

Answer: Put the ReliefBand on your wrist as quickly as you can, and get it in the correct location. Tighten the band on your wrist, and turn up the power as high as you can stand it without discomfort.

JOHN'S NOTE: We know a gentleman who is the midst of a strong round of chemotherapy, and his future daughter-in-law works for our writing business. She was very interested in the ReliefBand and took him one to see if it helped his nausea. When we last asked, he felt much better and was keeping food down after just a couple of hours on the ReliefBand.

To learn more about the ReliefBand, write to Woodside Biomedical at 1915 Aston Avenue, Carlsbad, California 92008, (760) 804-6900, or visit the company's webpage at www.reliefband.com.

Tomorrow: Where To Put The ReliefBand For Maximum Effectiveness