The current issue of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery reports on a study of bone mineral density in men who used cell phones for extended periods of time. It was noted that men who carried their cell phones on their hips for an average of 15 hours a day had decreased bone mineral density in their hip bone on the side where they carried their phones. The study only included young males (average age 32) so the decrease in bone density wasn’t at the same level as someone with osteoporosis. But, it is an interesting finding which will no doubt continue the ongoing debate on the safety of cell phones. [via Medline Plus]
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Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:48 am
There is definitely a difference between the old analog phones as opposed to the digital phones. Analog phones didn’t produce the vibrations like the digital ones do. Try it for your self, place a new digital phone on a smooth surface and then call it. You should actually see the vibrations. This high frequencies are capable of destroying even hard substances like glass.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
since cell phones began, i have wondered about brain cancer.
i have a cell phone, but only use it in emergencies.
has any information come up on this subject?
thank you for you help.
sincerely,
cynthia l. dickinson
October 30th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Cynthia – the jury is still out on this one. Some scientists believe that radiation emitted by cellular phone can cause certain cancers. The phone industry, as you might expect, believes otherwise. http://dailydose.righthealth.com/?s=cell+phone
October 31st, 2009 at 5:50 am
yes i agred with the study
October 31st, 2009 at 6:03 am
yes i agred with the study. long time cell phone use is harmful for brain.
October 31st, 2009 at 7:04 pm
assuming that cell phones can cause certain types of cancer are their ways to reduce the risk? i would assume that the “radio” in the phone is the main problem and wonder if using headphones or bluetooth headsets could help.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I believe this may be true considering I have worked in a cell phone store for almost two years and in that time have experienced a broken toe bone in the mid area of my foot from jumping on it wrong and have experienced a sprain from just falling down. I am female though but am only 28 and have never had any broken bones or these issues any earlier time in my life.