A recent study conducted by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark shows no link between cell phone use and brain tumors. The study followed 350,000 people with cell phones during an 18-year period from 1982 to 1995 with a follow-up in 1996 and again in 2002 to reach its conclusions. Many scientists in the U.K., U.S., Austria, Sweden and Australia, however, characterize the methodology for the latest results this year as "seriously flawed."
Critics believe that for a study to be conducted about rare diseases such as brain cancer millions of people must be closely followed for decades to find reliable results. The researchers themselves also acknowledge some limitations to the study, noting that they excluded people who used their phones for business purposes - among the heaviest cell phone users. The U.K. Department of Health continues to advise that anyone under the age of 16 should use cell phones only for emergency purposes and keep all calls short. The United States Department of Health & Human Services's website states that "the weight of scientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any health problems," however, and advises no limits on cell phone use.
-compiled by Fiza Hashmi
Read More
U.Va. students and physicians team up for another year of free kidney screenings
By Merrill Hart | November 5, 2024Saturday’s screening marked the first by KDSAP at Portico Church, near IX Art Park.
U.Va. Health sees a spike in COVID-19 cases
By Emily Horn | September 4, 2023U.Va. Health ended their vaccination requirements in August, and masks were made optional in most hospital areas in early April.
U.Va. Cancer Center harnesses $12 million grant to support opportunities for undergraduates, ongoing research and new center
By Ellen Wu | January 12, 2023The grant provides an opportunity to establish the Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-Adapted Cancer Organelles, which seeks to find the cause of cancer in individual organelles.
