Cell phones: no more cancer risk concerns
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss
Though it never seemed to slow the use of cell phones, there's been an undercurrent of worry for years that their use may cause the most common type of brain tumor -- a glioma.
Mobile phone users have little reason to worry following a study that found that cell phone use appears to have no link to the development of this kind of tumor. Researchers studied1,521 glioma patients and over 3,000 healthy patients and found no relationship between cell phone use and the cancer. There was a "borderline statistical significance," however, between those who used cell phones for more than 10 years on one side of the head, which was also on the same side of the tumor, but researchers can't say that that finding is truly meaningful.
Mobile phone users have little reason to worry following a study that found that cell phone use appears to have no link to the development of this kind of tumor. Researchers studied1,521 glioma patients and over 3,000 healthy patients and found no relationship between cell phone use and the cancer. There was a "borderline statistical significance," however, between those who used cell phones for more than 10 years on one side of the head, which was also on the same side of the tumor, but researchers can't say that that finding is truly meaningful.
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BJ Fuller 3-26-2007 @ 12:03PM
I have heard that using cell phones increases your chance of having cancer and/or a brain tumor by 270%, and i am trying to figure out if that is the truth or not. if anyone knows and has proof then email me and let me know.
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Lynne Eldridge M.D. 3-31-2007 @ 1:28AM
I agree that the current research is reassuring that digital cell phones do not seem to pose a risk of brain cancer. I still recommend a bit of caution, however, just as government agencies in the u.k., france and germany have recommended children should limit cell phone use. If tobacco was a new discovery 20 years ago and had just come into widespread use over the last decade, we would be reassuring people that it probably did not pose a significant cancer risk. At least limit car use since cell phone use while driving increases the risk of an accident!
Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time, Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer"
http://www.avoidcancernow.com
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