Cell phone use may have effect on brain activity, but health consequences unknown
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 17:20
in Health & Medicine
In a preliminary study, researchers found that 50-minute cell phone use was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism (a marker of brain activity) in the region closest to the phone antenna, but the finding is of unknown clinical significance, according to a study in the February 23 issue of JAMA.