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Avoid Senility by Limiting Your Cell Phone Use
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
October 01 2003 | 1,529 views

Teenagers who often use mobile phones and new wireless technology may be at risk of becoming prematurely senile, according to a Swedish research team.

Microwaves emitted from hand-held mobile phones may cause proteins to leak across the blood-brain barrier, which is associated with brain damage.

Researchers said the damage could cause neurons to become senile when people are in their 30s rather than in their 60s.

Independent.co.uk September 14, 2003



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This research backs up the best study I knew of previously that documented the high importance of limiting your exposure to cell phones.

The bottom line is to use caution when using cell phones, and limit your time on them as much as possible. If you do use one, be sure to use a hands-free headset and always keep the phone as far from your body as possible. The worst place you can possibly put a cell phone is next to your head where your brain is, but the radiation exposure can adversely affect any part of your body that is exposed to it over long periods.

When you use a headset make sure the entire phone is away from your body, as wearing the phone on your belt will cause the radiation to go into your abdomen.

While radiating your abdominal organs is far safer than radiating your brain, ideally both should be spared the grief.

However as I mentioned in a previous issue, cell phones can potentially have a deadly impact on you. They dramatically increase your risk of having an accident by up to 400 percent--if you are young and healthy this may be your highest risk of death.

So please take this warning to heart--seek to avoid using your cell phone while driving. As studies have shown, a headset won’t help while you are driving. The problem is that you can’t adequately do two things at once. The attention you divert to your cell phone call will be taken away from your ability to concentrate on the road.

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