Tag: CANCER

Grab your tinfoil hats everyone. We're going on a wild ride through the world of cell phone radiation, industry cover-ups, and government complicity. If you've been following Switched, or tech news at all, you know that one of the most contentious debates right now is over wireless technology and its effects on the human body. Studies come out nearly every week, alternately declaring cell phone ...

Since everyone seems to be arguing over whether or not cell phones cause cancer, no one seems to be paying attention to how the ubiquitous gadgets might be related to other diseases. But that might change following the release of a study from the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, which has found that radiation from a cell phone could protect against -- and possibly reverse -- the ...

Cell phones cause cancer, don't cause cancer, might cause cancer, who knows? Well, Maine State Legislator Andrea Boland at least claims to know. She plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would require phones to carry warnings saying that they can cause brain cancer. Apparently unconcerned with things like scientific consensus, Boland wants Maine to become the first in ...

In a strange meeting of James Cameron and feel-good medical magic, a young boy who was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer a year ago is now cancer free, thanks to an experimental prosthetic replacement. Mark Blinder was three years old when doctors determined he had Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in his arm's humerus bone. The Los Angeles Times reports that doctors ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is stirring up a storm by claiming it will release a study later this year that links cell phone use to an increased risk of brain and salivary gland tumors. The decade-long study claims to have found a definite link, though it stops short of inferring direct causation. The press release, however, does state that using a mobile phone for a decade or more ...

Twitter enthusiast Drew Olanoff has been raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Livestrong by allowing netizens to blame his Hodgkin's Lymphoma for all the ills of world. Apparently, this hasn't enough for the philanthropist, so he has decided to auction off his Twitter account, @Drew, for charity. Olanoff had to clear the sale with Evan Williams, one of the founders of Twitter, ...

Dr. David Samadi may look like he's playing a video game when he's at work, but he's actually performing robotic prostate surgery. The Chief of the Division of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at New York's Mt. Sinai Medical Center is one of only a half-dozen or so United States surgeons who can perform robotic laparoscopic surgery, which uses a special 3-D control system to operate the ...

Everyday, more data is released linking cell phone use to brain tumors. While none of it has been conclusive, more and more info stacks up against the mobile devices, which claim 4 billion users around the world. While a recent study on cell phone radiation by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) doesn't put an end to the debate, it at least provides some hard numbers that will allow ...

The debate over cell phone's relationship to cancer continues to rage. Some scientists steadfastly claim that cell use can cause cancer of the brain, eye, and salivary glands, while others adamantly argue the opposite. As if the public weren't already aware of the proclaimed dangers, an organization known as the International Electromagnetic Field Collaborative (IEFC) has released a new ...

You can believe it or not, but research is showing that video games could help teens battle cancer. Well, not just any video game; 'GTA 4' isn't going to rid anyone of leukemia, but a game called 'Re-Mission' from non-profit health organization HopeLab is proving to be a valuable tool for younger patients. CNN spoke to Dan Neumann, a gamer and leukemia patient who, in 2004, became involved with a ...

Lance Armstrong's Livestrong campaign, which focuses on inspiring and assisting cancer patients, has teamed up with Nike and software developer Deeplocal to develop the Chalkbot. This robot is programmed to paint text messages in yellow chalk along the 2,200 mile route of the Tour de France bicycle race. Up to 100,000 messages of "courage, hope and action" will be chalked along the route, Nike ...

Hold the phone! No, literally. Hold it away from your head. Award-winning cancer researcher and neurosurgeon Dr. Vini Khurana has some things to say about our use of cell phones, and none of them are good. Having reviewed more than 100 studies of mobile phones' effects on the human brain, Dr. Khurana notes that "there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile ...

A recent study of Americans' exposure to radiation reached a startling conclusion: On average, we're now subjected to six times the amount of radiation that we were subjected to back in 1980. On hearing this, everyone's first thoughts go to fears of cancer caused by cell phones or Wi-Fi, but now doctors and professors are saying that there's no reason to fear, because all that extra radiation ...

While you're totally in your rights to keep frettin' over brain tumors, it looks like your eyes are safe from the cell phone cancer -- at least until another study is released. According to a paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a German study involving roughly 1,600 people has found no conclusive link between cell phone use and uveal melanoma. This contradicts an ...

It may not be quite as attention-grabbing as lasers or nano explosives, but Philips Research seems to think that it's so-called microbubbles could have a big impact on cancer treatment nonetheless, and they're apparently already showing some promise. According to the company, the red-blood-cell-sized bubbles would be used to carry drugs through the patients bloodstream and tracked using ...