Do Cell Phones Prevent or Contribute to Alzheimer's?
Now the million of cell phone users have good reason to keep on talking. It baffles my mind to learn of something typically regarded as negative being cast into a positive light. Reminds me of Woody Allen's Sleeper where future scientists discover cigarette smoking and eating fat is healthy.
An international team of researchers studying the long term effects of electromagnetic waves like those emitted by cell phones on mice were surprised to find they protected their brains against Alzheimer's and even reversed the memory damage caused by the disease.
The neuroscientists, electrical engineers, and neurologists published the study and findings in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
The research results are exciting. But since they occur in mice, the ultimate human affects are still not known. Dr. Susan Sorenson, Alzheimer's Society Head of Research, comments, 'This study could open new doors in Alzheimer's research but it also poses some interesting questions that need answers. However, dementia research is dramatically underfunded. The government currently spends eight times less on dementia research than cancer research. In order to make further scientific advances dementia needs to be given higher priority.'
"Electromagnetic Field Treatment Protects Against and Reverses Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Mice."
Gary W. Arendash, Juan Sanchez-Ramos, Takashi Mori, Malgorzata Mamcarz, Xiaoyang Lin, Melissa Runfeldt, Li Want, Guixin Zhang, Vasyl Sava, Juan Tan and Chuanhai Cao.
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Volume 19:1 (January 2010).
