Summary of “Cell Phone Exposure May
Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's Disease” from ScienceDaily (Jan. 7,
2010). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100106193217.htm
This article deals with a theory
which I have heard or read about being possible for a number of years now but
reports on the first solid experimenting to be done on the theory: can
prolonged exposure to electromagnetic waves from cell phones help protect
against Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The articles reports the findings of
experiments carried out in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre at the
University of South Florida (ADRC; USF). The USF scientists used 96 mice, some
perfectly healthy and others with varying degrees of memory loss, and exposed
them to levels of radiation similar to a human having a cell phone pressed to
their ear for 1 hour sessions, twice a day, for several months. This was to
recreate the equivalent exposure of a lifetime use of a cell phone by a human.
The scientists set up an antenna which emitted the radiation and housed the
mice in boxes equally apart from the antenna. Across the board the scientists
found that the radiation dissipated the beta-amyloid which causes the memory
loss. In young healthy mice, if the radiation was absorbed during young
adulthood and onwards, it prevented the eventual development of Alzheimer’s and
actually increased brain function to above normal levels. In the mice already
affected by memory loss, they observed a return to normal brain function and
memory recollection. From the first time I heard of this theory I’ve been very
interested to find out if it is true. The benefits of these discoveries are
huge as by doing something as simple and emotionally rewarding as keeping in
touch via cell phones, we would be providing ourselves with an effective,
non-invasive and drug-free way to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease.
