- In an ABC health video, Dr. Richard Besser shares information from two recent studies about the safety of cell phone use. A study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that 50 min. of cell phone use does correlate with increased brain metabolism. However, a 9 year study from the UK seems to indicate that cell phone use does not increase the risk of brain cancer.
- Lance Armstrong campaigns for a tobacco tax initiative to fund cancer research.
- Karen Basen-Engquist of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center blogs about how exercise can prevent cancer.
- Dan Bowman at FierceMobileHealthcare blogs about how a team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a micro-NMR that delivers results to a smart phone app that might enable tumors to be identified by the patient’s bedside within 60 minutes.
- Dr. Kenneth Lin blogs about the politics surrounding the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force revote on prostate cancer screening on March 10th and 11th.