[ RadSafe ] Cell phone exposure increases brain cell activity

[Glenn R. Marshall]

Just a thought:  The study was done while people were talking on their cell phones.  I can't help wondering if the brain is similarly stimulated when talking on a regular phone....
 
Glenn Marshall
 
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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Boby Mathew
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:48 AM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Cell phone exposure increases brain cell activity


http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/22/cell.phone.brain.activity/index.html?hpt=T2



(CNN) -- The radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells, according to a new government-funded study.
The effects of that brain activity are not known, said the researchers, who called for more study.
Phones that were turned off did not create the same brain activity.
The small study, published in the Journal of American Medical Association, is the first to look specifically at how electromagnetic radiation from cell phones affects glucose metabolism, a normal function, in the brain.
"When glucose metabolism goes up, it activates cells. The findings are an indication that exposure to cell phones activate the brain much more easily than we previously thought," said Dr. Nora Volkow, National Institutes of Health neuroscientist and lead study author. 
 
 
 
Boby Mathew


      
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