February 19, 2003
Cell Phones may bring on Alzheimer's
Mobile phones damage key brain cells and could trigger the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study conducted by researchers at Lund University in Sweden
Radiation from cell phones damages areas of the brain associated with learning, memory and movement, and could trigger the early onset of Alzheimer's disease.
The study, which was carried out on rats, is the latest twist in the long-running debate over whether mobile phones are a health risk.
"However, this theory is hypothetical. We do not have evidence yet that the human brain is affected in this way", said Professor Leif Salford, of Lund University
The study is published in Environmental Health Perspectives - the journal of the US government's National Health Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
cf BBC
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