When Mobile Phones (Could, Maybe If It Benefits Us) Maim
from the bias?-what's-that? dept
A stunning new piece of research from the UK says that 78% of mobile phone users aged 16-24 "reported backache, neckache and headaches". What's stunning aren't the results, after all, everybody gets headaches once in a while, but rather the way the survey's being used. Apparently some unnamed experts say all that can be caused by "holding your mobile phone between your ear and neck while trying to do other tasks simultaneously". Did we mention the research was sponsored by a company that makes hands-free headsets? Notice they don't say the people who answered the survey didn't say that holding their phone in such a way caused them problems, they just tacked that expert bit on in the next sentence of their press release to try and indicate some causality that they probably never even tested. Biased surveys are nothing new, but this one really is scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's even got the requisite quote from a company manager saying how everything would be okay, if just every young person in Britain would buy one of their headsets. Bet they'd still get the occasional headache, though.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
That hasn't stopped companies from making millions with fake "testing devices" to screen workers for the condition. Contrary to popular myth, computer work is among the least stressful occupations on wrist health. Other occupations like lumberjacks or carpentry have a far higher rate of problems, and such workers are recommended computer jobs to recover their wrist health.
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Mobile Phones also cause brain damage
I think that headaches are nothing but the begining to whats coming next...
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No I've changed my mind......
This rubbish is not worth a response from me
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I can't count how many times (oh crap are the brain cells dying in that large a quantity??) I've walked out of a 2+ hour conference call and had severe headaches.
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aches/pains
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I quit wearing cargo pants, and guess what? My muscle aches went away. It's not the freakin' celphone. It's having something banging on your leg all day that makes it hurt.
Or, it could be the cotton. Wait, I forgot, I wear 501's now. They're cotton too. Never mind.
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So, I use my cell phone at night so I don't wake anybody else up in the house when someone wants to call me, and my phone calls usually last alot longer then 2 hours, and I have almost talked all night before.
Honestly if there was any truth behind that at all, then according to you my brain would have leaked out of my ear and I would have licked up the puddle of my own liquified brain thinking it was strawberry syrup.
Anyone who beleives this prick, should be shot, because your like the rabbit that jumped in front of my tire the other day.
One rabbit set on the side of the road, and the other one jumped right in front of my tire, thats what I call natural selection.
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Re: Mobile Phones also cause brain damage
Seriously, unless you're getting it from a medical journal that actually has some sort of peer review (I don't trust network news....they usually only tell the part of the story that's interesting while leaving out the important things), don't believe it. Just because someone has a website doesn't make them an authority on anything.
Of coarse, just because I'm posting on TechDirt doesn't make me an authority on anything either. Keep believing that cell phones cause brain damage, the Olympic Torch virus will reprogram your DVD player and microwave, and that if you don't send this letter than Jebus started over 2,000 years ago to 10 of your friends in the next eleven and a half seconds, personal parts of your anatomy will start rotting and falling off.
The internet is a good starting point, but don't rely on it for everything. Find me an article from the NEJoM to peruse about this, and I may take you more seriously. Until then, you're just some nut who believes everything they read.
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Some articles on the internet say that no serious research was made to find out about whether mobile phones are really harmful or not. So, does this mean that because they are on the internet I should not be believing them.. ONE OF THE OPINIONS HAS TO BE TRUE.
I believe from many articles which I have read and even from personal experience that using a mobile phone for long time is harmful. It is in the end up to you to believe it or not to, but before blaming others for not searching in a proper media make sure you read about the other point of view. Who knows maybe it could be right afterall.
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TO DORPUS & ANON
it is published in the online edition of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP)
http://www.ehponline.org/press/012903.html
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Where is the actual research? Where is the conclusive proof? I'm still not saying that you're wrong or that I'm right, I'm saying that the article there really doesn't have a whole lot of meat to it. It's good that they're doing the research, but, as they say in the article, there is "a strong need for further study as we all rely on cell phones more and more." Until there is more study, we won't really know the truth of the matter.
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Sample Size
"Methodology - TNS interviewied a representative sample of 1,008 GB adults aged 16+ by telephone 2nd-4th december 2005." - webitpr.
Assuming people live to an average age of 70, and the interviewers contacted them randomly, this means about of them 168 were in the range 17-24.
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cell phone headaches
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Cell phones and damaged brains...
Perhaps it's damaged brains that leads to cell phone use, instead of the other way around.
At any rate, just leave the issue in the hands of the prison authorities... they can eliminate cell phones if the prisoners exhibit too much brainial deficiency.
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Yeah but people don't even believe the "Can you He
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So Simple!!!
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Cell phone brain damage
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Cell phone brain damage
Supposed reason for cell phone brain damage is the microwaves. Theses are supposed to heat up the brain. Microwave ovens have power measured in hunderds of watts. Cell phones measure microwave power in milliwatts. There is not enough power to cause brain damage. This is an outdated theory which has been disproven on humans. The trials on mice showed that phone then caused some of the mice brain damage. A human brain is larger and heats up slower. tHe mice were on the phones 24/7. Cell phones now use less power in the microwaves due to new laws in the
EU and USA
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to Coward
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Cookin' eggs....
Update: The hit series, Myth Busters, cracked this one wide open by trying to cook an egg which was surrounded by 100 cell phones that were all on an active call.......
Final result: After the testing, the egg was just as "uncooked" as it was before the test took place.....
Conclusion: Hop on a motorcycle without your helmet and hit the pavement of the highway doing 135 MPH....... There's your brain damage....... 'nough said!
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Headaches
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mobile phones should be banned
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Not sure but....
Took 6 month contract job on nights. On a mobile phone for 10-12 hours a night on and off. By 5 months in I had weird severe twitches develop in my arms and head that went away after a weeks holiday and no phone use. And no it was not stress either! Something can't be right so its time for the wired earpiece I reckon.
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