No Increased Brain Cancer Risk from Mobile Phones

May 18, 2010 by 2 Comments


by Elias Shams
The World Health Organization (WHO) released data on the largest study to date on whether mobile phone use causes an increased risk of brain cancer, finding yet again the usual results — that there is no increased risk of cancer, but saying more research is needed.

The Interphone Study Group published results of the analyses of brain tumor risk (for glioma and meningioma) related to mobile phone use. The study, which included 2,708 glioma cases and 2,409 meningioma cases, was conducted in 13 countries over a 10-year period. Read more of this post

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World’s Largest Mobile Phone Health Study Kicks Off

April 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment


by Elias Shams
The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Program has announced it will start what is set to be the largest study undertaken into the long term health effects caused by mobile phones on their users.

Given Cancers usually take around a decade to develop and the year 1995 was the time when the usage of mobile phones started picking up, it is about time to conduct such a research study. It’s 5 years overdue, but better than not doing it at all. read more…

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