Articles tagged with: cell phones
The study itself is small but it’s an eye opener. Kids talking on cell phones while stepping onto or using designated crosswalks to cross busy streets are a dangerous combo. The children, distracted by cell phone conversation, don’t pay as…
Each year, 2,600 Americans die in 636,000 car crashes where at least one driver was using a cell phone at the time of the accident. Another 12,000 people sustain serious injury. It’s these sobering statistics that have prompted the National…
When Cleveland Clinic researchers placed sperm samples next to cellphones and left them there for a few hours, sperm quality deteriorated. The experiment was designed to gauge the influence a pocketed cellphone, left in “talk” mode for an extended period…
Nobody knows for sure, but caution is recommended, according to a report released this week by the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
While the jury is still out, some recent studies have suggested a possible link between certain types of benign tumors and…
That’s the question asked by Russia’s official radiation watchdog organization as it studied the link between a mother’s mobile phone usage during pregnancy and the dispositions of their children after birth. The study involved more than 13,000 women, 54% of…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, inattentive driving is responsible for at least a quarter of all crashes. The use of cell phones, including dialing, texting and talking, has been an ongoing safety concern. A study that will…
Although students may feel less vulnerable at night when they are carrying a cell phone, they really aren’t. A recent study led by Jack Nasar at Ohio State University sowed that women are especially attached to their cell phones which…
Despite previous studies that have said there is no link to cell phone use and cancer, a study done in Israeli shows otherwise according to researchers.
Hands-free devices, shorter and less frequent calls, and holding a cell phone away from the body instead of pressed directly against the head may be some very important habits to incorporate to minimize the risk of various cancers of the…













