Is your cell phone hurting you? Last month a study was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association stating that cell phone use could be responsible for altering brain activity. The change that takes place in the brain, caused by the cell phone, is an increase in glucose metabolism. This effect can happen after using your cellular phone for less than an hour. The study was unsure whether this change had any definite negative effects on our health. Further studies are being done to reach more results, however, in the meantime. The best way to avoid these effects on brain activity are to keep your cell phone a distance away from your ear and/or head. Using the speakerphone feature or using a hands-free ear piece is much better and does not cause the same effects. Even holding your cellphone away from you're ear a little bit and turning the volume up makes a difference.
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