A Good Explanation, But The Story May Not Be Newsworthy

Last month AOL Health posted an article detailing a recent study that found that using a cellphone for 50 minutes causes the user's brain activity to rise, which is indicated by brain glucose metabolism. The article does a good job of explaining that the study was composed of 47 subjects who received PET scans after glucose metabolism after phones were help up to subjects right and left ears. In addition it is important that the study notes that increased glucose metabolism was localized to areas of the brain where the antenna was, as the study showed an increase by seven percent.

However, the issue with this story is that the study does not make the claim that this increased brain activity can definitively leads to cancer. While there is a possibility that this could be the case, this article seems to be making too much of an assumption. Consequently it is questionable as to whether or not this story was entirely necessary.

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