Cell Phones and Cell Damage
A review of eleven long-term epidemiologic studies shows that using a cell phone for ten years doubles the risk of diagnosis with a brain tumor (glioma, acoustic neuroma) on the same side of head used for the cell phone (Surgical Neurology, August 12, 2009).
Microwaves from cell phones cannot cause cancer unless they produce heat because, unlike X rays, they are not strong enough to break bonds that hold molecules together. However, an earlier study from the University of Nottingham, England, showed that low dose microwaves emitted by cell phones caused roundworms to release heart shock proteins, a sign of cell damage (JAMA, December 20, 2000; Nature, May 25, 2001). The cell damage comes from 800 to 900 MHz range radio frequencies from the antenna inside the phone that sends a signal from your phone to the tower many miles away. The energy generated by electromagnetic waves that come into your cell phone appears to cause no damage.
Since we still do not know if cell phones can cause brain tumors, you would be wise to keep the antenna at least two inches away from your body by using a wired or wireless earpiece such as Blue Tooth. The sound waves from these devices have never been implicated in any type of damage.
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A practicing physician for more than 40 years and a radio talk show host for 25, Dr. Mirkin is a graduate of Harvard University and Baylor University College of Medicine. He is one of a very few doctors board-certified in four specialties: Sports Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Immunology.
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I have this pain on the left side of my stomach/waist where the colon is from really bad, bloody constipation 16 years ago that lasted for a few weeks or more when I was a teen resulted from a poor diet. My stool was tested positive for occult blood during that time. I didn't have anymore testing done during that period. My doctor at the time gave me some meds and the pain went away for awhile and came back. The pain comes and goes, sometimes I don't have pain for over a year or so and sometimes I get it when I get really hungry. Some think it's diverticulitis, but I still don't know what it is. Lately I have been having progressing pain from there through the left side of my upper abdominal. I saw my doctor the other day and she suggested a cat scan over colonoscopy for a look at the intestine(where it hurts). I asked her which is a better, safer choice for me between the two procedures and she said cat scan. I am very worry about being exposed to radiation from a cat scan, and if they don't see anything I will have to get a colonoscopy which she said there are risks like infection, bleeding, and perforation of the colon. I am also worried about taking some drug for or before the procedure. I would have to take something for the cat scan also to look at the intestine. I believe those drugs can cause severe damage to the organs/body and are being sued for the damage(saw commercial on tv). I don't know what to do. I can't decide, either option has its own risk and my overall health is not at its best right now. I don't want anymore health problems but I want to know what's causing this on and off pain. Do I have a safer option? My doctor said it's not like I'll come out glowing from a cat scan. But my cell will be damaged, right?!
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