Cell phone radiation may prevent or even cure Alzheimer's disease
Have researchers found a cure for Alzheimer's disease yet?
By David Liu
Exposure to cell phone radiation for a long term (more than 10 years) may increase risk of malignant brain tumor in the users, according to early studies.
A new study now has found that cell phone radiation among other things may serve as a therapy to treat Alzheimer's disease or as a preventative to prevent the development of the disease.
Alzheimer's disease affects many people older than 60 and will eventually disable the patients completely. There is no cure for it, according to the U.S. government.
The study led by researchers at University of South Florida found mice that were genetically prone to having Alzheimer's after exposure to cell phone radiation for a period which is equivalent to a few years for humans performed on tests on cognitive functions as well as those aged normal mice.
"It surprised us to find that cell phone exposure, begun in early adulthood, protects the memory of mice otherwise destined to develop Alzheimer's symptoms," said Gary Arendash Ph.D., lead author of the study published today in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
More surprising to the researchers is that impaired memory in older Alzheimer’s mice was reversed after the treatment at the electromagnetic wavelengths commonly used for cell phones.
The researchers were able to show the specific electromagnetic waves used in the study erased deposits of the harmful protein beta-amyloid. Additionally, the radiation also prevented the protein's build-up in younger Alzheimer’s mice.
The study involved 96 mice with some genetically modified in a way they would develop Alzheimer's disease or something similar to it at a young age, and some having no dementia. All animals were exposed to the radiation for two one-hour sections each day for seven to nine months.
In addition to the findings mentioned above, the researchers found another thing that is most amazing: normal mice after irradiation boosted their memory and other cognitive functions which can be severely impaired in Alzheimer's patients.
The cell phone radiation levels the mice were exposed to remain unknown. At least the press release by the university does not mention it. What is known is that mice were kept in cages and the cages were placed around a centrally located antenna generating the cell phone signal.
A health observer warned that cell phone users should not jump start to increase their use of the modern instrument as a preventative against Alzheimer's disease.
He suggests that it would be interesting to watch and see if incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States would decrease a few years from now on now that cell phone towers have been set up everywhere in the country and millions of people use the modern technology.
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"Although the researchers hope their findings will translate to people, much more research is needed to find out if there could be any beneficial effects of long-term exposure to electro-magnetism, and to guarantee its safety"
Dr. Susanne Sorenson, head of research, says: "this research in mice is at an early stage and a lot more work is needed before we can say anything about the possible preventative or treatment effects of this type of radiation on people with Alzheimer's disease."
So don't spend all day on your mobile phone JUST yet...
the Cell Phone manufacturing industry has funded this study to promote
cell phones not only as a convenient
communication tool, but also as a panacea for Alzheimer's. It has become a standard practice for every industry to pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into university labs, or to medical groups and research institutes for studies to either: a) Prove their products is not dangerous when it probably is -such as growth hormones in meat products, or b) tout its beneficial effects - such as the herbs and vitamin supplements, when there aren't actually any. The funded studies are a supplement to commercial advertising. And since advertising in national networks has become obscene - like $150.000 for 10 seconds in a big national event or game, giving $200.000
to an institute to release a favorable
report with a scientific seal is a better way of spending advertising dollars.
There is a patchwork of feeble laws that requires the disclosure of the name of the entity that funded each study. But all the industries and manufacturing association have lobbied really hard to keep that notice as a trivial footnote that most readers or listeners never notice.
We need a federal law that mandates the wording of the language in the announcement of the results of any study. Here is an example of how the wording in the law should be upfront and clear -in a way the public cannot miss: "A study FUNDED BY THE FISHING INDUSTRY has produced results showing that eating more ocean fish improves health because its mercury content is higher, and that improves the function of the spleen, liver, and brain!" But don't expect any such clear warning to ever be on any label.
Americans eat meat and chicken stuffed with hormones, antibiotics and ammonia [to kill bacteria]. But Asia, Russia and the European Union have prohibited import of such meat products, and beef exported to Japan is CLEAN of all the above add ons. And the beef industry has shelled out millions of political contributions to the U.S. congress to be allowed to feed us all the chemically stuffed meat - which is supposedly healthier and safest to eat!
The Epilogue? A healthy capitalist system thrives in healthy profits. And healthy profits means empty the consumer's wallet to the last dollar. And I am old enough, and I have seen too many studies touting one benefit to consumer or another, that I smell a rat in the mouse and the Alzheimer's cell phone study. And I suspect it probably tries to balance the fear of head tumors by the electromagnetic waves of the cell phone, with a study that claims electromagnetic waves are healthy too! Too bad, we cannot ask the rats to confirm it! But I believe most consumers have a higher IQ than rats to see the real rats between the lines. Nikos Retsos, retired professor
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