I'm trying to find information on a "medical" gadget that has a name
like QXL or QSLX or QLX. It's a box that's widely credited as being a
scam. But I can't figure out the right initials so can't find it. I'm
looking for 3 or 4 links that make the case that it's a scam.

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 16 Mar 2004 11:39 PST

I think it's QXCI actually.
Still looking for links that strongly make the case it's phony.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 16 Mar 2004 11:49 PST

Is this the sort of link you need? If so, I'll be glad to hunt for
similar material.

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/xrroid.html

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 16 Mar 2004 11:52 PST

Hi again Pink.  :)  Yep, that's the kind of thing I'm after. If you
can find two more detailed articles that make the case it's a scam,
I'd appreciate it.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 16 Mar 2004 12:56 PST

In addition to the Quackwatch article (which is the best thing I've
seen on this subject), here are a couple of sites that you might find
useful:

http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=225&i=30

http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/qxci.htm

A newsgroup post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1jnnotkgssi85vd8ujlhv0osrd7h5l994s%404ax.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain

Here's an article debunking the pseudoscience underlying this kind of device:

http://jeromekahn123.tripod.com/spiritualism/id6.html

I think this is about as much as I can do. As is the case with many
fraudulent medical devices, the Internet is littered with sites
praising the gizmo (and, of course, selling it). A Google search for
'QXCI' gave me 18,900 hits. Whew.

If what I've found is sufficient, let me know. My head is spinning. I
think my B.S. detectors may have overloaded. ;-)

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 16 Mar 2004 13:44 PST

This is great -- sorry about overloading your BS sensors!  Please post it formally.

Thank you for accepting my suggestions as your answer. Below I have
reposted the links.

Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/xrroid.html

CureZone Forums
http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=225&i=30

Ratbags
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/qxci.htm

Post from uk.people.support.cfs-me newsgroup
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1jnnotkgssi85vd8ujlhv0osrd7h5l994s%404ax.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain

Jerome Kahn
http://jeromekahn123.tripod.com/spiritualism/id6.html

And one more article that may be of interest:

CSICOP
http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html

Apparently the QXCI is being superseded by a new and improved version
called the SCIO. For only $18,000, you can obtain your meaningless
data more than twice as fast. And soon they will offer virtual reality
goggles, for a greatly enhanced 3-D experience. All this, and a
"medical transformer," too:

"The SCIO is built with its own CPU (Central Processing Unit).  This
in turn, will free up your computer?s resources, which equates to your
computer running faster.  This will create the added benefit of
allowing two therapies to run simultaneously.
The speed at which the SCIO translates data is more than two times
faster than the QXCI. The exchange rate between the hardware and
software is an amazing 120 bits of information a millisecond, where as
the QXCI exchanged at a rate of 55 bits per millisecond.  This will
dramatically speed up results and accuracy of information.
         
3 dimensional views of body systems and organs will be available on
the software.  Perspectives, interaction and therapy options will be
available in the near future through the VRI goggle set.  The 3D views
will include layered pictures above the body system diagram,
representing stages of deterioration (including degeneration, disease,
etc.).  This will allow more direct interaction between the client,
the QXCI and their healing process.
                           
The SCIO will include a Medical Transformer." 

Worldwide QXCI/SCIO Resource Centre
http://www.theqxci.com/qxci_scio.html

My strategy in locating this information consisted of Google searches
using the keywords "qxci" and "xxroid" in combination with keywords
such as "hoax," "fraud," "quackery," "fake," "phony," and "scam."

Best regards (and a grain of salt),
Pink

Thanks Pink. Here's hoping people who search for QXCI will see this info.

Thanks for the five stars and the tip! This was an interesting
project. I'd never heard of this particular device before, but I was
aware of expensive doodads of this sort that claim to analyze your
cosmic bio-energy or whatever. My dear, departed Great Aunt Mary
believed in this sort of thing. She also believed that there were
fairies living in her rose garden, that she had communicated with the
spirit of the late Eleanor Roosevelt at seances, and that the reports
of astronauts landing on the moon were fictitious. Fortunately, nobody
came along trying to sell Great Aunt Mary $18,000 worth of hokum
during her lifetime.

~Pink

The moon landing was real?!   ;-)