Desiré Dubounet
American alternative medicine inventor and filmmaker (1951–2025)
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Desiré D. Dubounet (born William Charles Nelson; 19 June 1951 – 26 December 2025) was an American alternative medicine inventor, filmmaker and performer who lived in Budapest, Hungary.[2][3] Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid, an energy medicine device that is considered to be dangerous to health and has been described as a scam.[2][4]
19 June 1951
Desiré D. Dubounet | |
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Dubounet in 2010 | |
| Born | William Charles Nelson 19 June 1951 Warren, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Died | 26 December 2025 (aged 74) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Youngstown State University Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Known for | Designing and selling Radionics devices |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Radionics |
Life and career
Dubounet was born in Warren, Ohio, on 19 June 1951.[1] She developed the pseudoscientific EPFX device in the late 1980s which supposedly claimed could diagnose and eliminate diseases including AIDS and cancer.[2][5] The EPFX device is described as balancing "bio-energetic" forces; bio-energetic forces do not exist.[4] Some people died after using the EPFX system instead of seeking or continuing medical care.[6]
In 1992 the United States Food and Drug Administration ordered Dubounet to stop claiming that the EPFX could diagnose or cure diseases, but she did not; in 1996 she was indicted on nine counts of felony fraud, though none were in relation to the EPFX.[2] Dubounet later left the United States.[2][7] Dubounet was also involved in homeopathic medicine; she received a patent for a process for manufacturing homeopathic "remedies" in 1997.[8] At least 10,000 EPFX devices have been sold in the United States.[9]
She lived in Budapest,[10] and performed at the nightclub Bohemian Alibi.[11] and produced and starred in the English-Hungarian comedy The Story of F***.[3][12] Dubounet also directed the erotic comedy Paprika Western.[13][14]
Dubounet died on 26 December 2025, at the age of 74.[15]