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Cell Phone Use Endangers BoneheadsNovember 20, 2008, 8:54 am by Scientific American: Health[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones present lots of other risks to your brain. Of course, we all know about yapping while driving. A Harvard study finds that 2600 people die each year in accidents related to cell distraction and 12,000 more are injured. Canadian research shows that you’re four times more likely to be in an accident while on the phone. [More]
More from Scientific American: Health What is Kawasaki syndrome? Scientific American: Health: January 5, 2009, 7:05 am Doctors today performed an autopsy on Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who died Friday. The results were not immediately released, but family attorney Michael Ossi Apple's Steve Jobs: "Hormone Imbalance" Has Caused Health Problems Scientific American: Health: January 5, 2009, 6:30 am Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs posted an open letter to customers on his company's Web site today in which he says that he's being treated for an unspecified "hormone imbalance" A Blind Man Sees Scientific American: Health: January 5, 2009, 4:00 am [Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.]Given that we just said goodbye to another year, we are all pretty Infecting Mosquitoes Before They Infect Us Scientific American: Health: January 2, 2009, 12:05 pm [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]Mosquitoes carry nasty diseases--dengue fever, west nile, malaria. But the microbes that cause those diseases don’t attach themselves to the mosquitoes and then immediately Does Exercise Really Make You Healthier? Scientific American: Health: January 2, 2009, 11:20 am The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) late this year released its new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, calling for adults between the ages of 18 and 64 to exercise moderately
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