Yes, I said in my post that I wasn't sure how sound the research was, I'm not claiming anything else. And I can only speak for myself, but over the years I have joined lots of sites to review things that I find successful, so that I can help other people who might also find them useful. When I'm happy with something I've bought I just love raving about them! Maybe that makes me sound a bit crazy, I don't know!? I did it with Natal Hypnotherapy cd's, Mooncup, Crocs (when I first 'discovered' them, lol!) and chai latte powder - to name but a few. It makes me happy to write about products that have changed my life, especially as there are so many other people who might benefit from them. Isn't the internet all about information sharing?
How would it even work if I worked for any of these companies? Unless I was the actual owner then coming on a website to rave about their product would be very unlikely to benefit me, especially if the company couldn't identify me as their employer. I just think that people get over-paranoid about this issue, and pick on a load of people who are probably also thinking 'this product is great, I have to tell someone about this'. Sometimes people just want to help. In real life I try to help people as much as I can, don't know why that needs to be surrounded by suspicion when people use the internet to do the same thing.
Anyway, that's why I would 'join MN and find this forum just to say I'd had success with the magnet'. I put the product name in the search engine to find a suitable place to rave, and I end up at sites like this. Simple. :)
I wouldn't know why Ladycare is different from any other magnet. The only difference I'm aware of is that it worked, and the others didn't.
I'd happily accept that it might be a placebo effect. Apart from the fact that several times I've forgotten to wear it and I've had some awful hot flushes, been completely confused about why they've come back again, and then felt around for my magnet and realised I'm not wearing it.
But whatever the reason it works, it does for me and seems to for lots of other people. So it might be worth a try for somebody else who's struggling. Just like acupuncture or other alternative therapies might help someone. They're all just things to try in case they might help you, and nobody has to try them if they don't want to.