Posted by Sean on February 22, 2011
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Cell Phones Affect Brain Activity
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Holding a cell phone to the ear for an extended period of time increases activity in regions of the brain closest to the antenna, researchers have found.
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“Although we cannot determine the clinical significance, our results give evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields from acute cell phone exposures,” co-author Gene-Jack Wang, MD, of Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, where the study was conducted, told MedPage Today.
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Although the study can’t speak to what the long-term implications might be, other researchers are calling the findings significant.
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“Clearly there is an acute effect, and the important question is whether this acute effect is associated with events that may be damaging to the brain or predispose to the development of future problems such as cancer as suggested by recent epidemiological studies,” Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD, director of neuro-oncology at the University of California San Diego, said in an e-mail to MedPage Today and ABC News.
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