Mobile phone generated vibrations used to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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Jan 1, 2017
This level II diagnostic investigation evaluated whether vibrations generated by a mobile phone could screen for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Among 61 participants across control, lower-limb injury, and neuropathy groups, the mobile phone vibration test showed higher reported overall accuracy than a tuning fork or…
Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments by Automated Mobile Phone Text Messaging.
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Jan 1, 2017
This study compared patient-reported outcome (PRO) scores collected on paper versus automated mobile phone text messaging in orthopedic hand and upper extremity clinic patients. Over 48 hours, the same patients completed SF-12 and QuickDASH via text messages in random order. High intraclass correlations were reported…
Lasting hepatotoxic effects of prenatal mobile phone exposure.
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Jan 1, 2017
This animal study examined liver outcomes in rat offspring 60 days after prenatal exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field for 24 hours/day during gestation. The exposed group showed biochemical changes consistent with oxidative stress (higher MDA, lower GSH) and elevated liver enzymes (ALT, AST). Histopathology…
The Effects of Precautionary Messages about Electromagnetic Fields from Mobile Phones and Base Stations Revisited: The Role of Recipient Characteristics.
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Jan 1, 2017
This survey experiment tested how precautionary messages about RF-EMFs from mobile phones and base stations affect recipients' threat perceptions and emotional distress. The effect of precautionary information on threat perception depended on individual differences, particularly trait anxiety and gender. The study…
Long-Term Evolution Electromagnetic Fields Exposure Modulates the Resting State EEG on Alpha and Beta Bands.
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Jan 1, 2017
This study evaluated whether exposure to EMF from an LTE system (described as equivalent to maximum LTE mobile phone emission) alters resting-state EEG. The abstract reports reduced spectral power and reduced interhemispheric coherence in alpha and beta bands in frontal and temporal regions. It also reports no…
Effects of short and long term electromagnetic fields exposure on the human hippocampus.
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Jan 1, 2017
This study compared 60 healthy female medical students grouped by self-reported daily mobile phone use by the head (90 min). MRI/MRS analyses found no significant differences in hippocampal volume or in choline, creatine, and N-acetyl aspartate between groups. However, the higher-use group showed poorer performance…
Mobile phone use for 5 minutes can cause significant memory impairment in humans.
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Jan 1, 2017
This study assessed working memory before and after 5 minutes of mobile phone use using a brief computerized 10-word recall task. The experimental group showed worse performance immediately after phone use, with partial improvement 5 minutes later, while the control group improved across repeated tests without phone…
Comments on "Association of excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy with birth weight: an adjunct study in Kumamoto of Japan Environment and Children's Study".
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Jan 1, 2017
This publication is a comment on a study reporting an association between excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy and birth weight. The authors argue the referenced study has shortcomings and cannot address whether ordinary mobile phone use during pregnancy leads to low birth weight. They note their prior…
Is mobile phone radiation genotoxic? An analysis of micronucleus frequency in exfoliated buccal cells.
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Jan 1, 2017
This cross-sectional study assessed whether mobile phone-associated EMF exposure is associated with micronucleus frequency in exfoliated buccal cells. Among 86 healthy users aged 18–30, micronucleus frequency was not associated with duration of daily calls and did not differ significantly between the cheek on the…
[Effect of stress and intesity of mobile phone using on the health and subjective symptoms in GSM workers].
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Jan 1, 2017
This cross-sectional questionnaire study examined stress and mobile phone use in GSM network employees. Stress measures differed across groups defined by phone use duration and conversation length. Speaking on a mobile phone for more than 60 minutes/day was associated with a higher reported risk of headaches even…
Effects of radiofrequency exposure emitted from a GSM mobile phone on proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of neural stem cells.
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Jan 1, 2017
This in vitro study evaluated adult murine neural stem cells exposed to GSM 900-MHz radiofrequency emissions from a mobile phone across different exposure durations. The authors report significant decreases in neurosphere number/size and neuronal differentiation with increasing exposure duration. They report no…
Electromagnetic fields at a mobile phone frequency (900 MHz) trigger the onset of general stress response along with DNA modifications in Eisenia fetida earthworms.
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Jan 1, 2017
This animal study exposed Eisenia fetida earthworms to 900 MHz electromagnetic fields at 10–120 V/m for 2 hours (with additional tests of longer exposure, modulation, and recovery). The authors report significant DNA modifications across exposure treatments and a decrease in probe hybridisation sites persisting after…
Evaluation of the Effect of Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted From Wi-Fi Router and Mobile Phone Simulator on the Antibacterial Susceptibility of Pathogenic Bacteria and .
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Jan 1, 2017
This in vitro study assessed whether RF-EMF exposure from a GSM 900 MHz mobile phone simulator and a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi router alters bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics. The authors report significant changes in inhibition zone diameters and bacterial growth rate after exposure. They also describe an exposure window…
Acute effects of mobile phone radiations on subtle energy levels of teenagers using electrophotonic imaging technique: A randomized controlled study.
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Jan 1, 2017
This double-blind randomized controlled study enrolled 61 healthy teenagers and compared 15 minutes of mobile phone exposure with the phone ON at the right ear versus a phone OFF condition. The study reports significant reductions in EPI-measured "subtle energy levels" in the ON group versus OFF across multiple…
Demonstration of long-distance hazard-free wearable EEG monitoring system using mobile phone visible light communication.
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Jan 1, 2017
This paper describes an engineering approach to avoid RF/microwave radiation in wearable EEG data transmission by using visible light communication. The system performance was tested at different illuminance levels and an algorithm for low-illuminance operation was proposed. The authors report error-free transmission…
The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation due to Mobile Phone Use on Thyroid Function in Medical Students Studying in a Medical College in South India.
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Jan 1, 2017
This exploratory survey study assessed the association between mobile phone radiation exposure and thyroid function among 83 undergraduate medical students in South India. The authors report a significant correlation between total radiation exposure and higher TSH levels, seen in students both with and without a…
Smartphone usage and increased risk of mobile phone addiction: A concurrent study.
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Jan 1, 2017
This cross-sectional online study surveyed Malaysian respondents about smartphone addiction behavior and awareness of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Most participants reported smartphone dependency and reported being aware of EMR, with no significant difference in addiction behavior by accommodation type (home vs…
Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression
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Jan 1, 2016
This 2016 narrative review proposes that non-thermal microwave/lower-frequency EMFs act primarily through activation of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), with calcium channel blockers reported to block EMF effects. It summarizes animal, occupational, and epidemiological literature and reports that exposures…
The relationship between mobile phone location sensor data and depressive symptom severity.
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Jan 1, 2016
This observational study examined whether passively collected smartphone GPS features relate to depressive symptom severity in 48 college students over 10 weeks. Several mobility features (including location variance, entropy, and circadian movement) were reported to correlate with PHQ-9 scores. Associations were…
Enzymatic debridement after mobile phone explosion: a case report.
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Jan 1, 2016
This case report describes a paediatric burn injury resulting from a mobile phone lithium-ion battery explosion. The patient was treated with selective enzymatic debridement, which the authors note is simple, minimally invasive, and safe. The report concerns an acute thermal injury mechanism rather than EMF exposure.
Automated ABO Rh-D blood type detection using smartphone imaging for point-of-care medical diagnostics.
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Jan 1, 2016
This conference paper describes an automated method for ABO and Rh-D blood typing using images captured by low-cost mobile phones of a fabric strip rapid diagnostic test. The approach applies morphological image processing steps including noise reduction, range filtering, and empirically derived heuristics to…
The Effects of Exposure to Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in the Treatment of Migraine Headache: A Cohort Study.
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Jan 1, 2016
This cohort study followed 114 migraine patients and assessed self-reported use of mobile phones, Wi-Fi devices, and fixed-line telephones as RF-EMF sources. Over a 3-month period, migraine frequency and severity were reported as significantly correlated with higher mobile phone and Wi-Fi use, while fixed-line…
Effect of long-term exposure to mobile phone radiation on alpha-Int1 gene sequence of Candida albicans.
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Jan 1, 2016
This in vitro study evaluated whether long-term 900 MHz radiation exposure induces mutations in the alpha-Int1 gene of Candida albicans. Yeast samples were exposed for 10 to 490 hours at 4°C and compared with unexposed controls. Sequencing of the PCR-amplified alpha-Int1 fragment found no mutations in exposed samples…
Association of Exposure to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Radiation (RF-EMFR) Generated by Mobile Phone Base Stations with Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Nov 13, 2015
This cross-sectional study compared male students from two schools with different measured RF-EMFR levels inside the buildings, attributed to nearby mobile phone base stations (~200 m away). The higher-exposure school had a significantly higher mean HbA1c than the lower-exposure school. The authors also report a…
Environmental Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Exposure at Home, Mobile and Cordless Phone Use, and Sleep Problems in 7-Year-Old Children
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Oct 28, 2015
This cohort study of 2,361 seven-year-old children assessed modeled residential/school RF-EMF from base stations, reported indoor sources, and children’s mobile/cordless phone use in relation to parent-reported sleep quality. Most sleep subscales were not associated with base-station RF-EMF, though sleep duration…