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Medbed or Med Bed refers to a conspiracy theory about a medical device known as a "medbed" (medical bed) that can supposedly deliver "life force energy" to people who lie in the bed to treat and cure forms of cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. Claims about medbeds purportedly started spreading among QAnon communities as early as 2019, as companies began selling the devices and their services for thousands of dollars, with the company Tesla BioHealing seemingly popularizing the devices. In 2023, the FDA issued a warning letter to Tesla BioHealing about medbeds for selling a "medical device" without authorization. In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social about medbeds, causing backlash for spreading conspiracy theories. Trump later deleted the post.

Origin

The concept of medical devices in the form of beds that can heal major medical conditions has been played with in sci-fi for many years. One often-cited example is the 2013 film Elysium, which features medical beds affordable mostly by the wealthy, which can heal patients without a doctor's interference.

Conspiracy theories about the existence of similar devices started spreading in the late 2010s. One early example of these claims comes from conspiracy theorist Randy Cramer, who runs the School of Meditation and Mastery of the Mind.^[1]

On November 12th, 2018, YouTuber^[2] Super Soldier Talk interviewed Cramer about various conspiracy theories relating to subjects like reptilians, aliens and medical technology. At the 37:14 timestamp, Cramer claims that the government has access to a holographic-projection-assisted medical device known as a "hollow bed" that uses something called "dominant harmonic frequency resonance" to essentially force damaged cells to conform to a holographic projection and heal a person, illustrating this using the example of regrowing a limb.

The video of Cramer was posted to 4chan's^[3] /x/ (paranormal) board on February 7th, 2020, by an anonymous user who wrote, "medbeds from dark projects cure any disease, regrow limbs, and reverse aging. (((They've))) been rubbing it at your face in movies like Elysium. Now imagine the fuckery (((they))) are pulling: they make these medbeds with your tax money, allegorically brag about it in movies then feed you pharma drugs that kill you slowly which they call 'side effects.'"

Spread

Conspiracy theories about medbeds saw a notable increase in spread throughout 2021 as conspiracy theorists began touting them as a life-saving miracle technology being kept from the masses by the government.

For example, on February 21st, 2021, Dr. Charlie Ward, a known conspiracy theorist who rose to prominence in 2020 for his COVID vaccine skepticism and promotion of QAnon conspiracy theories,^[4] uploaded a video to Bitchute^[5] in which he speaks with Maria Benardis, who claims that medbeds exist and use natural "energy, vibration and frequency" to heal medical conditions, garnering over 150,000 views in four years. Throughout the video, she advertises her course and books. Among claims that medbeds can heal you of ailments including cancer, autism, blindness and Alzheimer's, she also claims they can extend your lifespan. She claims that "big-pharma" has blocked these devices from the public eye to continue to profit off people's suffering.

On February 23rd, the video was shared on 4chan's^[6] /pol/ board, garnering mixed reactions from commenters.

On November 19th, the 90.10. ® Ltd. YouTube^[7] channel uploaded a video advertising their own brand of medbed, garnering over 332,000 views in four years. The video features an animation of a woman lying in a bed and getting her body scanned and healed. There are links in the description to medbed.com where you could presumably buy, preorder or support the medbed, but the link no longer works.

Claims about MedBeds continued to spread online throughout the year, with some people purportedly selling versions of the devices and falsely claiming that they can heal people of their ailments using natural energies.

On January 13th, 2022, X^[8] user @dappergander posted a screenshot of a comment seemingly left on Facebook by someone who claims their wife died and the med bed didn't work to save them, writing:

"The worst part of the medbed scam is that people are dying. The second worst part is that the believers continue to think the reason they couldn't get a medbed for their mom isn't because they don't exist, but instead that they are being deliberately withheld.

On April 22nd, 2022, the Daily Beast^[9] published a piece about the medbed conspiracy, explaining its ties to QAnon.

On December 26th, the BBC^[10] published an investigative report on medbeds titled "The truth about 'medbeds' – a miracle cure that doesn't exist," where the writer went to a motel on the Mississippi River that had been converted into a "medbed center" by the company Tesla BioHealing. Purportedly, Tesla BioHealing converted the beds into medbeds by placing "medbed cannisters" underneath them. The article includes photos of the bed, the canisters, the motel, a screenshot of the webpage where a medbed can be purchased and more.

On August 10th, 2023, Tesla BioHealing was sent a warning by the FDA^[11] for selling and advertising medbeds as medical devices without testing or authorization.

Donald Trump's September 2025 Medbed Post

On September 27th, 2025, President Donald Trump reportedly posted an AI-generated video to Truth Social mimicking a news report. The AI newscaster claims that Trump announced the first "medbed hospital." According to the fake report, every citizen would receive a "medbed card" that guarantees access to the hospitals. The post has since been deleted, but was reuploaded online numerous times, including by X^[12] user @AlKapDC that day, garnering over 3,500 likes in two days.

President Trump's post quickly inspired criticism and mockery for spreading conspiracy theories online in late September 2025.

For example, on September 28th, X^[13] user and YouTuber JerryRigEverything (@ZacksJerryRig) posted, "I remember when Joe Biden got tricked by an AI video of himself announcing a miracle cure bed for every disease all at once. Oh wait. That was trump this morning. This is going to really mess people up and make them trust government even less," garnering over 40,000 likes in a day.

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