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Oct 14, 2004 11:52PM PDT

Cell Phone Users Face Doubled Tumor Risk

Thu Oct 14, 2:44 PM ET Technology - TechWeb



People who use cell phones for ten years face a doubled risk of developing benign tumors, a Swedish research report said Wednesday.



According to the work conducted by the Stockholm-based Karolinska Institutet, long-term cell phone users are twice as likely to be diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a relatively rare (1 in 100,000) benign tumor that grows on auditory nerve. The risk was restricted the side of the head where the phone was usually held.


Because only analog mobile phones had been in use for more than 10 years, the Institutet's researchers said they were unable to confirm that tumors would also develop more frequently in users of digital (GSM) handsets.


The bright spot? Only long-term users seem to be affected.


"No indications of an increased risk for less than 10 years of mobile phone use were found," said Maria Feychting, an associate professor with the Karolinska Institutet said in a statement.

source = http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1293&e=10&u=/cmp/20041015/tc_cmp/49901797&sid=95573432

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