Search Results for 'Phone'

ChildLine: lifesavers on the end of a telephone

The moment the programme started, the phones began to light up. Some calls were silent, with only a child’s breathing to reveal that they were struggling to find the words. Others spoke in sentences hacked to pieces by sobbing. I re [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Could Cell Phones Be Used to Treat Depression?

There’s been a lot of buzz about this JAMA study demonstrating that the radiation from cell phones activates some brain regions (Read the WSJ’s story about the research). But it’s unclear whether this cell-phone induced [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Junk food firms use Internet and mobile phones to attract ki...

Campaigners have warned that junk food firms will target kids over the Internet and mobile phones, because of the introduction of new rules on television advertisements. The warning has come after television adverts of junk food aimed at [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Using A Cell Phone Increases The Risk Of A Brain Tumor?

Besides being a hazard to safe driving, cell phones have been accused of causing brain tumors. Where does this concern come from? Cellular (cell) phones use radiowaves to carry information between callers. The frequency of these waves range [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

Effect of cell phones on our health

scientists don’t think there should be any health effects of the waves coming from our wireless devicesand, so far, they haven’t found any. For example, Joachim Schüz of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark rec [...]

Posted On : Jul, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

cell phones and cancer

Some concern has been voiced about cell phone use and the increased risk of brain tumors. A team of researchers from the radiation and nuclear safety authority of Helsinki tested 1521 patients with glioma- the most common type of tu [...]