June 5, 2006
Latest Study. Cell Phones make your hands sweat
According to the latest cell phone-health related study, researchers claim cell phones make adolescents' hands sweat. The Korea Herald reports.
"In the first reported experiment of its kind in Korea, one of Asia's key telecom markets, Dr. Kim Deok-won of Yonsei University medical school revealed the results of his recent study on a correlation between CDMA mobile handsets and natural human perspiration.
... The team measured degrees of subjects' skin resistance, including blood pressure, pulse frequency, perspiration, and respiratory quotient.
According to the study, adults did not show significant changes before and after using cell phones.
But this was different for adolescents. A group of adolescents exposed to electromagnetic waves for 15 minutes showed 20 percent less skin resistance, while another group exposed to the waves for 30 minutes showed 30 percent less skin resistance in hands.
... "Electromagnetic waves stimulated the sympathetic nerve, which led to an increased volume of perspiration in hands. As a result, water volume in the body rose and, adversely, skin resistance reduced," Kim said.
"That's a temporary physiological change. The study needs to be confirmed by further studies," he said. "
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