Opinion and Debate: Cell Phone and Brain: How do they interact?

According to a press report quoting a survey done in 2009, 40.33 million own mobile phones but 104.64 million had used a phone in the three months prior to the survey. Another report indicated that mobile phones are widely used in Pakistan, more than 86% of men have their own cell phones and 40% of women have theirs. Urban users far exceed those of rural users. There are a number of speculations about the use of cell phones in terms of its possible detrimental effects on the brain. Arguments revolve around the concerns for brain cancer. A report in Irish Medical Times quoting from the source BMC Neurology 2011 indicate headache symptoms of mild intensity, a dull or pressing quality, localization ipsilateral to the side of mobile phone use among 212 medical students in a Korean study who used mobile phones. For the first time Health Canada is encouraging parents to limit their children s use of cellphone to reduce their exposure to the radiofrequency energy emitted by the phones.