The largest study<\/a> on 420,000 mobile phone users in Denmark, has not shown a link between phone use and cancer.<\/p>\nThis small study on 47 people investigated the effect of magnetic fields (RF-EMFs) coming from a phone’s antenna.<\/p>\n
It suggests that brain activity is affected, but cannot draw any conclusions about possible health implications.<\/p>\n
Mobile phones were attached to both ears of each participant. One phone was off, the another was on but muted so the person could not tell the difference. <\/p>\n
Their brains were then scanned to detect changes in glucose use, which increased by 7% in parts of the brain close to the antenna.<\/p>\n
The researchers conclude that “the human brain is sensitive to the effects of RF-EMFs from acute cell phone exposures.<\/p>\n
“However theses results proved no information as to their relevance regarding potential carcinogenic effects, or lack of such effects.”<\/p>\n
Professor Patrick Haggard, from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, said: “This is a very interesting result, since it suggests a possible direct effect of mobile phone signals on brain function. <\/p>\n
“The implications for health remain unclear. Much larger fluctuations in brain metabolic rate occur naturally, for example during thinking. <\/p>\n
“However, if further studies confirm that mobile phone signals do have direct effects on brain metabolism, then it will be important to investigate whether such effects have implications for health.”<\/p>\n
Professor Malcolm Sperrin, director of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Royal Berkshire Hospital, said: “This paper is particularly interesting in that it reports an increase in brain metabolism as a result of the use of mobile phones. <\/p>\n
“More work is required to establish any possible link between RF energy deposition in the brain and a consequential health risk. It is reasonable to assume that the small increase in metabolism results from a deposition of energy, which may result in turn from local temperature changes or perhaps magnetic or electrical stimulation that does not involve heat at all.<\/p>\n
“It is important to fully appreciate that no health risk is identified in this paper.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Read more from the original source:
\nMobile phones ‘affect the brain’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 23 February 2011 Last updated at 03:55 ET A study by the National Institutes of Health in the US suggests that mobile phones could have an effect on the brain. They reported higher sugar use in the brain, a sign of increased activity, after 50 minutes on the phone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"23 February 2011 Last updated at 03:55 ET A study by the National Institutes of Health in the US suggests that mobile phones could have an effect on the brain. They reported higher sugar use in the brain, a sign of increased activity, after 50 minutes on the phone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Mobile phones ‘affect the brain’\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-23T08:55:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\"},\"wordCount\":447,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\",\"name\":\"Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-23T08:55:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"23 February 2011 Last updated at 03:55 ET A study by the National Institutes of Health in the US suggests that mobile phones could have an effect on the brain. They reported higher sugar use in the brain, a sign of increased activity, after 50 minutes on the phone.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Mobile phones ‘affect the brain’","datePublished":"2011-02-23T08:55:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/"},"wordCount":447,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/","name":"Mobile phones 'affect the brain' - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-23T08:55:19+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/mobile-phones-affect-the-brain\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}