Study Links Mobile Phones, Benign Tumors
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish study suggests that people who use a cell phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone.    In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, one of the researchers behind the preliminary study, Anders Ahlbom, said the results were surprising and more research is needed...
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Cell phone emissions excite the part  of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear  if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on  Monday.
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Israeli scientists suggest that as little as 10 minutes on a cell phone could trigger brain cells to split abnormally, which could cause cancerous tumors.
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NEW YORK  - Spending hours on a cell phone each day may affect the quality of a man's sperm, preliminary research suggests.
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A Swedish study suggests that people who use a cell phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone.
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Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
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Researchers should study more  children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell  phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S.  National Research Council advised on Thursday.
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Ten or more years of mobile phone use  increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a benign  tumor on the auditory nerve, according to a study released on  Wednesday by Sweden's Karolinska Institute.
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Pop quiz: Which of the following is accurate? -- A. Cellphones can cause cancer. -- B. Low-tar cigarettes are less dangerous than regular cigarettes. -- C. What you do as a young adult has little effect on your chance of getting cancer later in life. If you chose any of the above, you're wrong --...
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists studied 1,000 brain tumour patientsÂ· Wider investigation into phones due later this year
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IDC study of mobile phone habits from major world markets finds, among other things, that applications drive competition.
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Mobile phones are not linked to health problems when used for 10 years or less, but further research is needed into their longer-term impact and their effect on children, according to a report released today.
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NEW YORK  - Exposure to the radiofrequency fields generated by mobile phones does not cause head pain or increase blood pressure, according to a Norwegian study. Instead, people who experience such symptoms do so because they expect that they will occur, the findings suggest.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
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Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday.
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If you haven't already been scared away from using your cell phone, now researchers are checking whether frequent usage can slow brain function.
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A laboratory study finds mobile phones damage human DNA in the lab - but does not show they harm health.