Mobile Phone Related Medical Myths

**dr3ala2** الجمعة أكتوبر 02, 2009 3:37 am

Mobile Phone Related Medical Myths

Myth 1: Mobile phones pose significant electromagnetic interference in hospitals

Various references suggest that mobile phones cause erroneous alarms to screen machines and the malfunctioning of medical electric pumps. After the publication of a medical report that included more than 100 cases of possible electromagnetic interference with medical equipment, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the subject, which led to the ban of mobile phones from several hospitals.
So far research did not show any evidence that supports this myth. In 2005 the Mayo Clinic conducted 510 tests with 16 medical equipment and six mobile phones. The study showed a rate of only 1.2% that can be considered as a clinically significant interference. Another study made in 2007 with 300 tests conducted at 75 treatment rooms did not also prove any kind of interference. On the contrary a major investigation into Anesthetists showed that the use of mobile telephones by doctors is associated with a 22% reduction in medical errors due to delays.

Myth 2: The Use of mobile phones can affect male fertility

A team of researchers from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine carried out a study with 364 men. The purpose of this study was to see if the use of mobile phones could affect male fertility. The study showed that men who used their mobile phones for more than 4 hours per day showed around 23% lower concentration of sperm compared with those not using any mobile phone.
Although the researchers that made this study raised the theory that the decline in sperm quality can be either the effects of electromagnetic radiation or heat in the testes, this is just a theory based on a survey. Therefore it remains a simple observation that is not based on concrete facts that can prove that mobile phones can indeed affect male fertility. It excludes, for example, other important factors such as stress of people who speak more than 4 hours in the mobile, or a sedentary lifestyle.

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