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A study in mice suggests using cellphones may help prevent some of the brain-wasting effects of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
After long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves such as those used in cell phones, mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's performed as well on memory and thinking skill tests as healthy mice, the researchers wrote in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
The results were a major surprise and open the possibility of developing a noninvasive, drug-free treatment for Alzheimer's.
...mice were protected if the cell phone exposure was stared in early adulthood. Or if the cellphone exposure was started after they were already memory-impaired, it reversed that impairment...
...the mice [were exposed] to electromagnetic waves equivalent to those emitted by a cellphone pressed against a human head for two hours daily over seven to nine months.
At the end of that time, ... cellphone exposure erased a build-up of beta amyloid, a protein that serves as a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's mice showed improvement and had reversal of their brain pathology.
...the mice study is more evidence that long-term cellphone use is not harmful to the brain.
Groups such as the World Health Organization, the American Cancer Society, and the National Institutes of Health, have all concluded that scientific evidence to date does not support any adverse health effects associated with the use of cellphones.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100107/hl_nm/us_alzheimers_cellphones
After long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves such as those used in cell phones, mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's performed as well on memory and thinking skill tests as healthy mice, the researchers wrote in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
The results were a major surprise and open the possibility of developing a noninvasive, drug-free treatment for Alzheimer's.
...mice were protected if the cell phone exposure was stared in early adulthood. Or if the cellphone exposure was started after they were already memory-impaired, it reversed that impairment...
...the mice [were exposed] to electromagnetic waves equivalent to those emitted by a cellphone pressed against a human head for two hours daily over seven to nine months.
At the end of that time, ... cellphone exposure erased a build-up of beta amyloid, a protein that serves as a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's mice showed improvement and had reversal of their brain pathology.
...the mice study is more evidence that long-term cellphone use is not harmful to the brain.
Groups such as the World Health Organization, the American Cancer Society, and the National Institutes of Health, have all concluded that scientific evidence to date does not support any adverse health effects associated with the use of cellphones.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100107/hl_nm/us_alzheimers_cellphones
