Saturday, April 01, 2006

New Study Links Cell Phone Use to Brain Tumors

Numerous press sources are reporting on a new Swedish study linking heavy cell phone usage to a 240% increase in the risk of a malignant brain tumor on the side of the head where the phone is used.

posted by pn at 5:02 PM  

2 Comments:

Anonymous writes ...

It took some searching, but the original article is apparently here:

http://www.springerlink.com/(hprbuq45t1izdtb2howbin55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,12;journal,7,406;linkingpublicationresults,1:101165,1&displayreferrers=true#referrers

(I hope the link works).

From the abstract, it seems as if this is a classic case of 'cherry picking' the data.

2:15 PM  
pn writes ...

It works if you register (free).

The abstract simply recites that it's a pooled analysis, and then gives some odds ratios and confidence intervals. So the basis for saying it's a "classic case of 'cherry picking' the data" seems obscure.

6:04 PM  

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