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Sheryl Crow performs at the Mountain Winery on July 22, 2012 in Saratoga, Calif.
Singer Sheryl Crow says she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.
Crow said that although no doctors will confirm it, she thinks it's possible her brain tumor, called a meningioma, is related to her cellphone use. "I [used to spend] hours on the old, archaic cellphones," Crow said on Monday's episode of Katie Couric's daytime talk show "Katie."
However, there is little evidence linking cellphone use to brain tumors, and most studies have not found a link. For one thing, brain tumors aren't any more common, although cellphone use has exploded.
"There is no conclusive proof that cellphones cause brain tumors," said Dr. Michael Schulder, vice chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cushing Neuroscience Institute in Manhasset, N.Y.
About 6,000 people are diagnosed with meningiomas yearly in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute. Schulder told MyHealthNewsDaily that Crow falls into the group that is most prone to developing meningiomas — women in their 40s and 50s.
Although they're called brain tumors, meningiomas actually form in the lining of the brain rather than the brain itself. Most are benign, meaning they are unlikely to spread to other sites within the body.
"There is no reason to think that there's some other extra cause" for Crow's meningioma. "She meets the risk factor profile for developing that tumor," said Schulder, who is not involved in Crow's care.
Cellphones emit radiofrequency energy, which can be absorbed by tissues, according to the NCI. But so far, the only known biological effect of this energy, which is also emitted by microwave ovens, is a tiny rise in temperature, the NCI says. Unlike the ionizing radiation in X-rays, radiofrequency energy is not known to damage DNA. (Damage to DNA is considered a necessary step to cause cancer, the NCI says.)
A Danish study of nearly 2.9 million people that was published last year found that those who used cellphones for 11 years or more were no more likely to develop a type of benign brain tumor called a vestibular schwannoma than those who used cellphones for a shorter period, or not at all.
Another 2011 study from Denmark found no link between the location of brain tumors called gliomas and the regions of the brain that are exposed to the highest levels of radiofrequency energy.
In addition, between the 1987 and 2007, a period when cellphone use rose rapidly, there was no increase in the incidence of brain cancer in the United States, the NCI says.
A U.S. government study published last year did find that people who used a cellphone for 50 minutes showed an increase in sugar metabolism in the tissues on the side of their head closest to the phone. However, the health outcomes of this increased metabolism were not known, the researchers said. In May 2011, the World Health Organization said it was conceivable that cellphones might cause cancer.
Because cellphone technology is changing rapidly, and people use cellphones differently from in the past, more research is needed on the possibility of a link between cellphones and cancer, the NCI says.
In the meantime, Schulder said, people can use hands-free devices, such as headsets, to avoid unnecessary exposure to cellphone radiofrequency energy.
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Of course she's right, she's a celebrity. Just like Suzanne Somers on cancer and that wack job Jenny McCarthy on autism. Why listen to science and doctors when you can get all your medical advice from a celebrity?
Maybe she took some EPO when she was married to Lance Armstrong.
Hmmm, isn't she a big Democratic backer? A to think most people think all the anti-science folks sit on the Republican side of the aisle. Neither party has the monopoly on stupidity.
Milky_Way_Express - Well said.
Don't forget Tom Cruise's advise on psychology
Idaho Steve,
She wasn't married to Lance, just played house for a while.
Watch out for that visible light radiation, too. It has more energy than cell phone radio waves, so it must cause cancer. Non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation does not cause cancer.
Bad analogy. Cell phone use may really cause brain tumors. That's what the science says (in fact, the article cited studies showing this). But a for autism and vaccines, it's already been proven there's no link.
The doctors are not physicist. They are biologist. The most powerful paid of doctors who work on the side of insurance companies and cell phone manufacturers graduated before nano-technology came to exist. Their knowledge is obsolete. Cell damage to brain exist at sub atomic level where the effect is first established at subatomic structure not cell structure. Some particles within blood system react to electromagnetic waves in ways very difficult for old timers even with 30 and 40 years of experience to explain. If you have read the report on "CERN and related dark matter", then the same kind of sub atomic particles do exist in our system which we have not seen or detected. These super tiny particles are associated with "life" as well. Do not discount her claim just because we have not been able to see or observe evidence because we lack the technology.
And you folks think it beyond a multibillion dollar corporation(s) to manipulate studies to conceal harmful effects of their product? See the Chemical companies, Tobacco Industry, Auto Makers, Asbestos manufactures. Is it really a stretch that the cell phone industry is covering something up. It's a global pastime, even the "quality auto makers" like Toyota covered up defects in their products for years. Come on.
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That pesky science stuff...always getting in the way of a good daytime TV rant.
Dr. Davis noted. "If you read the fine print warnings that come with all smart phones today they are quite clear -- phones should not be used next to the brain or body, or kept in the pocket," she added.
Just because there's "no conclusive proof that cellphones cause brain tumors" doesn't mean that cell phones don't cause brain tumors. It makes sense that cell phones would have some kind of negative effect.
My wife worked as a field technician for a cell phone company. She and all of her co-workers stayed on their cellphones all day long. They all had growths form on the side of their heads right behind their ear. She no longer works for the cellphone company and no longer has the growth behind her ear, and never had it tested.
It was due to her childhood vaccinations ... and the asparteme in her Diet Pepsi ... and the rock and roll music she listened to as a kid ... and sitting too close to the TV without a remote .... and ... and ... her tin-foil hat.
Of course cell phones cause damage ... to social relationships ... I want to kill people who talk to them in their cars while driving and at restaurants when I eat and when I'm trying to have a conversation with them ...
cellphones antennas gives brain tumors of the astrocytoma type, studies proving it in cell phones used in USA were done in Germany, after that they sell them with ear plugs (to put the antennas away from your body...)
it is well known that the new android phones have a higher radiation emission
it is too much money involved in this business , you have to take reasonable protective measures,
the ear is fairly weak direct door to your brain,
radiation damage= time x amount of radiation and accumulates, takes years to show the damage
hmmm. seems "science" was a little slow when Big Tobacco was calling foul.... Due to "Scientific Evidence" as to their products "effects" Does anyone really believe receiveing Micro and or Radiowave directly into ones head has zero effect? Given the choice.... would you hand your child a landline... or a cellphone to press against their brain? Be honest....
Scientists have now concluded it was the flux capacitor on her '93 subaru that was the cause, true story.
Gee Sikiriver, it's good we have you to repute the rate of brain tumor occurrences, even though they've remained essentially flat since 1968. Of course, Ms. Crowe has a different type of tumor, specifically a meningioma, which is most likely benign.
The most common type of brain tumor is the Glioblastoma Multiforme. It's generally malignant and effectively untreatable, with any success. They also occur in areas of the brain not easily exposed to cellphone EMR.
As my wife is currently dying from such a tumor, I've had to educate myself on their origin, diagnosis, pathology and treatment. According to your logic, she would have had to used her cellphone by holding it on the middle of her scalp, just behind her forehead. Hers is referred to as a "diffuse zone of infiltration" tumor, meaning it can occur anywhere in the central nervous system. Her tumor occurred deep. In anatomical terms, that means it was near the center of her brain. None of the outer tissue was involved, thus her cellphone didn't cause it.
While I do not have a Doctorate in Neuro-oncology, I have spent countless hours with people who do, and I tend to trust their opinion more than yours. I'm sure you can understand that. Perhaps you should stop trying to come off as an expert, unless you actually become one. Your kind of lay expertise is useless and potentially harmful.
Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor? Well that explains her two squares of toilet paper per wipe theory. It might also explain why Armstrong divoriced her. She constantly smelled like poop from her ineffective ways of wiping.
Oh look, a dumb celebrity said something dumb, must be the first time that's ever happened.
Non-ionizing radiation does not cause any harmful side effects? The scientists and doctors who are not in the pockets of any "corporation" would suggest otherwise. Here are a few good abstracts on the subject: Permeability of the blood-brain barrier induced by 915 MHz electromagnetic radiation, continuous wave and modulated at 8, 16, 50, and 200 Hz. Acute low-intensity microwave exposure increases DNA single-strand breaks of rat brain cells. Might I add that the World Health Organization recently classified cellphones as "possibly" carcinogenic.
To Dan-299885: if you aren't lying, then I sympathize with you. I will say, though, that too many Neuro-oncologists will continue to deny the fact that there are effective alternative treatments to curing cancer. These same people will continue to side with big business on the risk factors associated with non-ionizing radiation. I'm not saying that Ms. Crow's cell phone caused her cancer (as I don't know)... but I'm also not saying it didn't (as I don't know). I will say, though, that one must always question authority. Look up the Milgram Experiment.
And here are a couple things that can inhibit/cure cancer: D9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lungcancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo (That's right... HARVARD found that it inhibits cancer.) Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells Anticancer and antioxidative effects of micronized zeolite clinoptilolite.
That's right folks, there are cures for cancer--cheap, nature, alternative cures. The pharmaceutical industry(/"hospitals") would like you to think not, however. "They" want you to pay thousands of dollars for their treatments that are proven killers. QUESTION, AUTHORITY.
P.S. Don't let our terorised Nazi pres get a hold of this info. The information in this post is a good reason/excuse for him to shut down the internet (which he already started doing). (I'm taking a screenshot of this post in case it's removed/censored [the censorship of this info is unconstitutional].)
Lance told her to spit.
I told my step daughter that her constant us of cells phones was going to give her cancer - 5 years later she died of leukemia....wish I would have kept my mouth shut now.
Many doctors say men/boys shouldn't keep them in their front pants pocket - women tell me that even when their man is naked they can still hear a dial tone when giving them a b.... Oops, should have kept my mouth(fingers) shut again.
people are retarded and willing to believe just about anything these days hell just yesterday someone told me that depression is a state of mind and that people who have it just need to stop feeling sorry for themselves right that makes about as much sense as cell phones causing brain tumors, people we all use cell phones so if you are or know someone who has a brain tumor or any other type of cancer you can't automatically link it to that, I understand that our brains are wired to interpret patterns which is why so many people by this bull since they hear one or two quacks (usually news anchors) say this is true then someone they know gets cancer their brain automatically says without even trying OMG THEY USED A CELL PHONE ALOT well no crap we all do the fact remains that cell phone use has been around for over 20 years now and has been widespread for nearly 15 years yet the rate of brain tumors of any kind has stayed flat since the 60's I think it's safe to say it has no effect. And for you idiots that argue there's no way it can't have an effect chew on this you know when there's a power outage and you suddenly feel different and sometimes have a ringing in your ear? it's because the electro magnetic waves that your body has grown so accustomed to are gone but yet they don't have any real harmful effects that are note worthy from a medical perspective same concept with cell phone use actually I do believe it's the same type of radiation go figure.
Man, that’s brilliant!
ACA missed a bet; it should have mandated that everyone watch two hours of Oprah per day and then we wouldn’t need pesky doctors and expensive insurance! ;-)
Talk about a charter member of the "foil-hat brigade"! Next we will hear that listening to anything but NPR causes ear aches!
Let's face it, people. She's a female celebrity (which means she strategically f--ked her way to her present position), so in this country, her opinion trumps the word of educated and dedicated professionals because she can MOVE PRODUCT!
Let that be a lesson to you: never again question the American way of life.
Man give her a break she's not thinking clearly, after all she has a brain Tumor!!!
Im just wondering if she sues will she sue her friends for talking to her or the manufactures of the phone, perhaps both.
I heard Lance Used a hands free device and his phone was shoved down his pants.
so its got to be true.
She's got a brain tumor and he had nut tumors. how much evidence do you need
When will Cheryl have to eat crow for her mistaken beliefs?
Good god some of you need to get back to school and learn a little because you obviously failed physical science in high-school.
Cell phones emit radio waves. They don't have enough energy to rattle DNA enough to cause it to become damaged. You need a specific amount of joules per X area in order to accomplish that - of which radio waves do not have. They are the lowest energy and longest wavelength portion of the EM spectrum. Use your head. If radio waves are a form of light technically and they come well before the much more energetic visible light spectrum plus have a much shorter wavelength - why doesn't light cause cancer? Oh it does, you say? Wrong - UV causes cancer. UV light is invisible to us and is ULTRA VIOLET which means it's beyond the highest frequency we can see, violet colors.
Furthermore, radio waves are NOT ionizing radiation. So in no way can they cause cancer just from mere exposure. The highest frequency (most energy) UV light that borders on x-ray frequencies, is ionizing. Lower UV is not. You need at minimum 10eV (ionization energy of hydrogen and oxygen is 14ev) to begin to ionized the most basic atomic structure - hydrogen (as before, it's actually at 14ev).
So to conclude - go back to school people. There is no way a cell phone will cause cancer. They simple don't emit the proper amount or type of radiation. Maybe you should be looking at the materials and chemicals used in the manufacturing process. The glues, chemicals in the plastics and so on. The heating of components can cause some chemicals to disperse into the air. Also, there are chemicals in circuit board components that can cause cancer (no, not PCB's. We stopped allowing those a long time ago).
Maybe if she would have blamed it on global warming, science would be more agreeable!
The world was flat before it was round.
They originally put cocaine in Coca-cola as a pick-me-up.
Tobacco was broadcast as a healthy way to relax.
They used to promote giving a tablespoon of RAW EGG to infants.
And there are many drugs that were issued (think Phen-fen) then recalled because they were deemed to be harmful.
People, err on the side of caution. Everything in moderation. Do you SERIOUSLY think scientists who are funded by corporations will cut the throats of their own research by bankrupting big business? I'm not suggesting we panic and throw away the cell phones, but opt for the land line once in awhile, and store the phone in a case off your person.
Sheryl Crow is living proof why you shouldn't listen to celebrities for medical/scientific advice. Most (like Crow) have an IQ of a 2 year-old and got their educations from the back of a cereal box.
Proof that having above average looks with below rock levels of smarts gets you far in the entertainment industry!
Sheryl.............shut up and sing.
OF COURSE they're going to defend cell phones, there's too much money involved. They don't have any proof that cell phones cause tumors/cancer, true, but they don't have any proof that they don't, either.
What a coincidence. My cell phone caused me to be an a-hole. Scientist have already confirmed it.
Now I'm jealous you have an excuse............I guess me being one is just genetics..............or maybe it's BUSH's fault.
I think that having to listen to Sheryl Crow music all the time is more likely to cause a brain tumor :)
Maybe she can get Obama to make the phone company say it is their fault so he can take the rich peoples phone a way
Why did Lance Armstrong leave Sheryl?
He got tired of eating Crow......
Remember this is the woman who said everyone should use just one sheet of toilet paper.
I was going to mention that when I came across your post. Lance was lucky to get rid of her.
You should not use a toilet paper. You should wash. Toilet paper does not clean properly as it leaves some fickle behind which comes in contact with body sweat. That in turn produces all sorts of bacteria which gives people a rush like problems on their bottom and soft skin regions.
I always use your water hose when I'm done. By the way, something's killing your bushes.
The Imperial, you almost came across as someone who knew what they were talking about. Untill you misspelled rash.
I thought he really meant it gives people a rush, hell it's gotta feel like somethin!
LMFAO you people are too funny!
Why not one sheet? People always wash their hands (with antibacterial soap, nonetheless, that kills the bacteria on your skin that's supposed to be there [without it the skins immunity is inhibited]) afterwards anyways...
Pee is sterile... and if your diet is good (and you're not experiencing a bout of the runs), your a**hole shouldn't really have anything to wipe off.
I typically use two to three sheets. But, I also typically drink beer (which loosens my stool), and don't always get enough fiber in my diet. When my body is working properly--just like every other human on the planet--there's barely anything that comes off. And sometimes virtually nothing comes off! Too many AMERICANS (notice the use of all caps [CAPITIS DIMINUTIO]) still need to be "deprogrammed" from your believing-everything-that's-sold-to-you-vagina-state-of mind.
WTF is fickle?
I knew I should not have come back to this article. Dam*
Ahem....I seem to recall that she once implored concert goers to save the environment by using a single (!) sheet of toilet paper....got to run now. Planning to make calls on my iPhone...
Whatever it was, in jest or not, she said it.
She was probably referring to women when they pee.It's not like guys wipe the end of,well you get the drift.
no matter how hard you shake and dance, the last drop always ends up in your pants.
Wow, how did we go from one end of the body to the complete opposite?
Because what we are told about the research and what the research actually says are 2 very different things. Celebrities are usually quacks, but so are the people feeding the media their contorted study results. They often go along with what the people who are sponsoring these studies want them to say. I'm certainly not saying that cell phones will cause brain tumors in everyone who uses them. I do think that it is not a far fetched concept to think that the increased brain glucose metabolism at the site of the cell phone exposure could result in tumor formation for some that are already genetically susceptible or that have weak immune systems. Cancer cells feed on sugar, so perhaps this could be a starting point in throwing off a healthy brain environment for some. Why is this so wacky to people? Think outside of what the media is feeding to you!
Because it is wacky carebear, and most of us think for ourselves. There is all kind radiation, including cosmic rays coursing through our bodies and brains every instant all our lives. Absolutely no evidence that cell phones cause tumors.
Yes, and massive amounts of UV rays can kill so why is it so hard for you to think that large doses of radio-frequency energy couldn't do the same.
"Yes, and massive amounts of UV rays can kill so why is it so hard for you to think that large doses of radio-frequency energy couldn't do the same."
Because people aren't dying left and right for no apparent reason?
If any aspect of a modern lifestyle - particularly cell phones, which are now as common as wallets - contributed significantly to health risks, people tend to notice. Sometimes there is no "cause" to a health problem.
Scientists are sometimes wrong, but the only thing that can prove their error is other scientists doing different experiments. So if they say it's malarky, then I'll believe them until more science proves them mistaken.
I was diagnosed wioth a gliobglastoma multi-forme in February, had the tumor removed (2 golf balll size) and have spent about two minutes thinking about how - lacking the most obvious cancer risk behaviors I could have contrracted this disease. At the end of tthe two minutes I decided , for once and for alll , that I would never know exactly why I was affflicted. THis freees up my energy for things that contribute to my improving condition. I would telll SHeryl CRow the exact same thing if she was interested. It's just the way things work on this planet - some things you never know the reason for.
Very wise response. I think it's in some people's nature (myself included) to ask why, maybe in the hopes of future avoidance. But for the reasons you just mentioned it's usually futile and can do more harm than good. I hope you continue to be healthy.
Stay Healthy Purnell!
Some people just need to have something to blame. We tend to think there's a responsible party behind most of our problems. I suppose it's a control thing.
Good for you! There are just so many potential factors, and it could honestly be a single factor on its own, or several that work together. Even between two people who have all the same risk factors, one could develop a tumor while the other doesn't. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out something that is impossible.
I too hope you stay healthy!
No person walking can tell you what did or did not cause your cancer. If you think about what the scientific evidence has shown about it, you can come to the conclusion that there are multiple causes, just as there are in any disease, accident, war, or anything else unpleasant that happens to us in this life. The people and institutions out there that want to make unequivocal statements about this disease simply don't understand it, or are driven by outside influences (money).
And in order to cure it, it must be understood, and to do that the entire metabolic system of the human body must be completely understood, there will be no magic bullet. Carcinogens exist, that's for sure, but why doesn't everyone who ever lit up a cigarette get lung cancer, why doesn't everyone who ever lived in a home with radon gas get it, etc. A person must try to glean whatever they can from current knowledge and try to live a safer life. I think to eat a healthy diet (if that's possible these days) and don't smoke would be the 2 most important things you could do.
So I think Cheryl may be right, but not completely. It is a KNOWN fact that radiation causes cancer, and that includes all radiation, including solar. But it isn't the only factor.
BETTER LIVING THROUGH THINKING!
a book callled THe Anti-Cancer Book A new way of life writtten by a neuro-scientist who was affflicted with a brain tumor is a great guide for people with cancer. It shows you how to make your body an inhospitable host for cancer. It also provides a focus for positive energy for me as it gets me more involved in regaining my own health. THe author is Dr. David Servan Schreiber. If you are sick get this book. It emphasizes a complete body/mind appproach and there's plenty of practical stufff you can use immmediately. YOu will have to stop drinking - something (given the way my cancer raiosed the stakes) I've done. ANd I reallly liked to drink - not a drunk or anything; just somebody that enjoys a drink.
It's odd that you seem to argue against simple-minded, knee-jerk reactions and placing blame and then go on to make this statement: "It is a KNOWN fact that radiation causes cancer, and that includes all radiation, including solar."
Putting aside that you JUST SAID that no one knows what "causes" cancer, that's a curiously comprehensive statement to make about a very complicated subject. I sincerely doubt there's a single radiologist who would agree with you.
"...but the science to date does not support her theory." - It was a hypothesis, not a theory. This country needs some serious scientific method education and I expect science journalists to be leaders in that respect.
Like nobody got brain tumors before cells phones.
I know 5 people who had brain tumours. Four of them died, and one survived. Of the 4 who died, 3 of them died more than 20 years ago, before cell phones, were even in general use, and none of them had ever used one. There are not more people getting brain tumours, since use of cell phones, then, there were before. If they were caused by cell phone, even more people would have them.
Cell phones do not cause cancer. Period.
cell phones don't cause brain tumors. they make breast implants leak.
i always wear a tin foil hat when using my cell phone and thank god katie couric now has a show where i can find out what's wrong with me.
It is interesting that all of these "studies" funded by the wireless mega corporations conclude that cell phones are perfectly safe; yet, if you read the small print warnings that come with your cell phone, you are advised to hold your cell phone at least one inch from your head. If the mega corporations and the governments they own are telling you that cell phone microwaves are perfectly safe, then that is proof positive that they are not.
that's proof they don't want a paranoid lunatic to sue them. that's all.
1 inch attorney's cushion
Anyone who has a clue about genitics or physics would know that the idea of a radiowave causing cancer is total bunk.
From a pure physics point of view, as already mentioned by someone, visible light has higher energy in it than radio and micro waves. The difference is that the microwave in your kitchen was designed to resonate with water molecules causing them to vibrate and spin. Throw a few hundred watts behind it and you have an effective way to heat most foods.
Put a few watts behind a radio wave that is not oriented to resonate with you and you have...a radio transmitter...ironically your radio remote for your RC car, garage door, etc. also will not cause cancer or even noticable warming of your skin if brought into direct contact. You might feel some warmth from the phone itself since its got a battery and electronics...
People who know anything about genetics know that cancer is caused by DNA mutations...period. There is no other cause. So unless you are talking about something that either damages DNA without destroying the cell in the same stroke, or something that influences how your DNA repair and cell replication mechanisms function, then you are not talking about somethig that can potentially increase cancer risk.
We don't know everything about cancer and we sure don't have a bulletproof method to deal with it or prevent it, but genetics is pretty darn clear about how it occurs and have been for some time now. Of course, facts never stop people from going off half-cocked on some hair brained personal explanation for something that they just don't understand.
Haven't you heard about this "Solymnar," that people get skin cancer from the sun, sun lamps, and from tanning salons or booths? Doesn't this disprove or put doubt in your credibility and case? Furthermore radio waves are perhaps streams of electrons as are Beta rays which can cause cancer, right? So, if Beta rays can cause cancer, why can't radio waves also cause cancer?
Because not all types of radiation are the same? There's a lot more to ultraviolet radiation (the radiation from the sun, sun lamps, tanning booths, etc.) than a "stream of electrons", and science has all but proven that greater exposure increases risk of skin cancer. Science has searched and failed to find such a link with radiowaves.
Also, if you want to be skeptical of a particular study because of who's funding it, fine, but calling all the studies biased because you ASSUME it's funded by businesses with conflicts of interest is an appeal to ignorance in the name of paranoia.
InQueen-you've missed the point. Yes people get cancer from the sun, etc, but those rays are at a different frequency/wavelength than the radio waves (which are not streams of electrons). All of these things (radio waves, visible light, UV, infrared light, micro waves-but not electrons/beta particles) are part of the electromagnetic spectrum-which is in essence the different way we classify gamma rays. The point is that UV and microwaves have enough energy (which is inversely related to wavelength-the radio waves have a longer wavelength and thus less energy) to start "messing" with your DNA-radio waves do not.
Furthermore, beta particles and gamma rays do not interact with matter in the same way. Some forms or radiation are more penetrating than others-for example, alpha particles can be stopped by a piece of paper, while gamma rays require led bricks for shielding. It reminds me of a little "test" about the different type of radiations. You have four cookies: made of alpha, beta, gamma and neutron. You can throw one away, you eat one, you hold one in your hand and you put one in your pocket. What do you do with each cookie? The neutron goes in the trash (don't wan't anything to do with that one!), you eat the gamma (it's going to go through you anyway, so it doesn't matter. Note-it will travel through you, but may or may not interact), you hold the alpha in your hand (as it would be able to penetrate into your sking), and you put the beta in your pocket (which will be blocked by your pants).
I feel I may have gotten slightly off-topic here at the end, but the point remains that cancer is caused by a multitude of factors that can interact in a variety of ways, and that the number of cases of brain tumors has not increased proportionally with the increase of the use of cell phones.
If only we knew the cause of cancer(s). People all around the world have been studying and researching this disease. In the US, we have been doing cancer research for 100 years. I hope someday they find the cause and the cure....until then we continue to search for answers. I remember 40 years ago when children with cancer were not allowed to play with other children because people thought cancer was contagious. Time will tell.
There's milliions of $$$ generated by cell phones, it wouldn't surprise me that the studies are skewed. Food and Drug ADM. has approved drugs in the past that kill people even after they're long studies and I'm sure it's because of the money factor.
The old archaic cellphones are less dangerous than the newer ones, the higher the frequency of the RF coming off the antenna the worse it gets for your eyes and other tissue........
froby, can you link a study that supports your claim?
I won't hold my breath.
Anyone listening to a celebrity's "theory" over real science needs their head examined.
Scientists and doctors often biased in their so-called "scientific reports." As the public, we rarely get to see the details. People who are celebrities are allowed to think for themselves as you do when you freely express yourself in this forum.
What, and you think celebrities aren't biased? What exactly to you call "thinking for yourself" in the face of evidence that you're wrong? Sometimes the people that are paid to think about these things for a living know better than you. Actually, they almost always do.
Even a biased scientist still has more basis for his or her opinion than an unbiased layman. Even if they favor a certain hypothesis, at least they know how the mechanics of their field work. How much to you think Crow knows about radiology? Does she have a degree in any scientific field? You would seriously trust someone who hasn't spent years studying a complex topic over someone who has on the basis that they "think for themselves"?
It's not uncommon for people to try to find some "reason" why something bad happens, otherwise they have accept the fact that sometimes stuff happens that we have no real control over or that we can even have much influence over it...
Bingo.
Maybe when she was Lance Armstrong's old lady she should have spit instead of swallowed?
There are three known precursors to meningioma,ionic radiation, extended use of birth control pills and heredity. I know this because my wife has one and I have made it my business to study this tumor. It is not malignant usually not spreading. It is more common in women than men as the lining surrounding the brain looks very much like the lining of the uterus even under the microscope. It can cause damage if it grows large enough to press on the brain. Most of them are actually discovered by accident, during a ct scan or MRI of the head following a fall or automobile accident when looking for a concussion or subdural hematoma. The usual course of treatment is watch and wait if the patient is exhibiting no signs of the tumor affecting the brain. If the patient starts to exhibit symptoms then surgery is necessary. Radiation treatment is used very little or not at all as far as I have been able to ascertain. This is the situation my wife are facing now. She has a yearly MRI and the neurosurgeon compares the new with the previous years and can tell if it is growing. So far so good. Our next scan is due in December.
The tumor was caused by a build up of crap in her crack from using one square of toilet paper!
Another idiot celebrity. Just shut up and sing, even though that's not very good. And you're not hot.
...maybe the brain tumor is what causes liberalism - Ted Kennedy died from it.
And maybe a cold, dead heart is what causes right-wing whack jobs too - fortunately most of them are rich so Dick just purchased a new heart.
love her music, but a technological idiot. anyone and everyone is exposed to the RF sigals of everyone elses cell phone calls. you just are not "tuned in" to them by virtue of having a phone up to your head. the waves are still in your space. If cell phones and use (RF signals) causes cancer, everyone on earth would have cancer, by virtue of listening to the radio in your car, or by merely being on planet earth where every frequency of the RF spectrum is bombarding the earth from the sun.
Exactly correct.
Again, it is said that too much sun can cause skin cancer.
Error - sun or iodizing exposure may increase one's chances if they are predisposed to cancer - according to cancer.org we have a 45% lifetime chance of cancer and 0.68% of chance of brain cancer....
This means 55% of the population is cancer free for life (sun or no) -
To "oldandtried":
I'm just asking now and not stating as fact, but if iodizing exposure is related to cancer, what about iodine or iodized salt? Most people believe that they help your health, not hurt it. People also say that digesting or drinking iodine drops can cure at least skin cancer. So, iodizing exposure would seem good, not bad. This contradicts what you have said. Any comments?
Do you mean iodizing or ionizing? I think that the article said ionizing. So, would anti-oxidants and/or vitamins help protect a person from ionizing exposure and affects? Seriously, is there a connection between ions and anti-oxidants? Maybe I am jumping to conclusions, but perhaps those who get tumors from cell phones have a bad diet, are too skinny, are vegetarians or vegans, or vitamin deficient in some way.
Anykind of radiation can cause cancer. I agree with Sheryl Radiofrequency energy is just another fancy name to hide the truth, radiation is radiation.
Oh no! Every single electrical device I am surrounded by is putting out some pretty heafty EMFs. The fan, the lights this computer, the TV. The electrical lines passing every which way around me. Radio signals from broadcasting stations, cell phones, WiFi. Microwaves left over from the big bang. The sun. It amazing I'm not a giant tumor.
I'm getting my house lead plated tomorrow. -- Wait! Lead is poisonous too. What am I going to do??
I agree, radiation does cause cell damage and it should not be ruled out without further study. The hard part is with 350,000,000 cell phones in the US. and only 6,600 cases of cancer. It would be real hard to prove she got it from her phone use. I feel bad for anyone who has cancer and for the families that support them. It is tough and I lost my brother to cancer. On the other side you have to be able to support the facts when you go to court. It's a different world in a court room.
You agree Cox?
Based on what?
If every radiation can cause cancer its time for you to live underground and learn to manuver without turning on a light. Considering the electromagnetic radiation coming from your any source of light, or anything warm for that matter, constantly emits electromagnetic radiation, then technically your own body heat ... well... need i go on?
Based on your chosen severe ignorance, the only solution for you is to lower you and your environment's temperature to absolute zero and exist in a lightless environment. I suspect under such conditions you might have other problems.
I have a better solution though, get educated. Heck, wiki is ready when you are. Learn about the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, learn that frequencies lower than visible light are also generally speaking lower in energy and destructive force. Learn about cancer, learn that it is caused by mutations that break your cell's apoptosis mechanism and break its replication cycle inhibitors. One causes the cell not to commit suicide when something is going wrong, the other triggers it to stop from constantly replicating without cause. Viola...cancer cell.
The final mutation that is often the death knell is the one that causes the cancer to be able to exist in different tissue other than its native tissue (metastasis). Once that happens it not only constantly replicates, but it can do so anywhere in the body given sufficient nutrients.
When all this information is clear and obvious and readily available...it is pathetic that so many would rather spout nonsense at each other. You're online for criminey! Take the extra step and learn a bit.
The mechanism of evolution is mutations. Perhaps one or more of the first single cells developed tumors which led to multi-cell organisms. (Cutting out tumors might be removing the next step in evolution which is kind of like the idea that overuse of antibiotics may be causing long term harm.)
according to cancer.org we have a 45% lifetime chance of cancer....
This means 55% of the population is cancer free for life (sun or no) -
"Perhaps one or more of the first single cells developed tumors which led to multi-cell organisms. (Cutting out tumors might be removing the next step in evolution which is kind of like the idea that overuse of antibiotics may be causing long term harm.)"
No... just... NO.
Evolutionary advancement is done as a whole organism, in which some random mutations deliver an advantage to survival and reproduction. A malignant tumor is by definition on its way to killing you. Hell, even if it was cut out, whatever "advantage" the host organism had would still be in their DNA, so it still might be passed on, although the idea is ludicrous that this could be advantageous.
Are you TRYING to ruin science for everyone else, Queen?