Cell Phone Use Could Prevent/Treat Alzheimer's
Cell Phone Use Could Prevent/Treat Alzheimer's
By Jane McEntegart, January 11, 2010
" For years people have believed that excessive cell phone use could be harmful to your health. Now a recent study shows that radiation from your cell phone could actually help protect you from Alzheimer's Disease.
A study from researchers at the University of Florida shows that radiation from cell phones protected mice from the disease. The Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center conducted a study involving 96 mice. Most of the mice were genetically altered to develop beta-amyloid plaques and memory problems mimicking Alzheimer’s disease as they aged. Some mice were non-demented, without any genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s, so researchers could test the effects of electromagnetic waves on normal memory as well.
Some of these mice were healthy, but most of them had a genetic mutation that caused them to develop the amyloid plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Among these mice, some were old enough to exhibit the dementia associated with Alzheimer’s and others were still young and healthy.
Both the Alzheimer's and healthy mice were placed in cages in a circle around a central antenna emitting waves comparable to the electromagnetic field generated by a standard cell phone. The mice were exposed for two 1-hour periods each day.
The study showed that if exposure was started when the genetically-programmed mice were young adults -- before signs of memory impairment were apparent -- their cognitive ability was protected. When older Alzheimer’s mice already exhibiting memory problems were exposed to the electromagnetic waves, their memory impairment disappeared.
According to the researchers at USF, months of exposure boosted the memories of normal mice to above-normal levels. However, because the memory benefits of cell phone exposure took months to show up in the mice, USF believes that a similar effect in humans would take years if cell phone-level electromagnetic exposure was provided.
USF researchers concluded that electromagnetic field exposure could be an effective, non-invasive and drug-free way to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
Read the full study here. "
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