I've been using either an ear-bud or a speakerphone when I'm on my cell phone for years and years now, what with all the brouhaha that began back in the '90s about cell phones causing brain cancer. And now this:
After years of speculation that cell phones may harm your brain, new research suggests they may actually fight Alzheimer's disease.
Yes, you heard right.
Microwave radiation from cell phones may protect against and even reverse Alzheimer's-like symptoms, according to a new study involving genetically tweaked mice.
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The results were so surprising that study co-author Juan Sanchez-Ramos didn't believe them at first.
"It's such a dramatic and counterintuitive effect," said Sanchez-Ramos, a University of South Florida neuroscientist.
"I joked that the animals must have been mislabeled or that the power wasn't switched on."Which only goes to show there's a study that proves any-damned-thing. Well, nearly anything. I spent the better part of my adolescence looking for a study that proved promiscuous women lived longer, got better grades, had fewer zits, made more money, yadda, yadda. In vain, as it turned out. And by the time those sorts of studies DID materialize I was a happily married man. And now that I'm a single old geezer it's simply too late. (sigh)
In other news... NatGeo remade their web site, and it's worth a look. Bigger photos are the best of the enhancements.
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