Monday, October 27, 2008

Newsweek, "Kids, Cell Phones and Brain Cancer"

Newsweek, August 9, 2008: "Recent headlines have reported new concerns about the links between cell-phone use and brain cancer." The article says that in July 2008 the "Toronto Department of Public Health advised teenagers and young children to limit their cell-phone use, and Dr. Ronald Herberman, the Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, sent out a memo urging his colleagues and their children to do the same." In addition, Dr. Keith Black, the head of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said, "It is not wise for us, at this point, to just assume this is a safe device", referring to cell phones. You can read the entire article by clicking on the link below.

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/tipsheet/archive/2008/08/09/kids-cell-phones-and-brain-cancer.aspx

Newsweek, "Get Your Sperm Moving"

Newsweek, February 26, 2008: This article states, "Anything that makes the body unhealthy--a disease, toxins, excessive alcohol--will hurt fertility." The article gives tips on what men can do to improve their chances of conceiving. Dr. Peter Schegel, chairman of urology at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York states, "There's also some evidence linking cell-phone radiation with alterd sperm cells in men, so don't live on the cell phone and keep the device in your jacket or holstered to your belt rather than in your front pants pocket." You can read the entire article by going to the link below.

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/tipsheet/archive/2008/02/16/get-your-sperm-moving.aspx