…in the Congo when volunteering British surgeon uses text message instructions to perform a life-saving arm amputation on a young boy who was bitten by a hippopotamus. Seems while general and vascular surgeon David Nott knew that a forequarter amputation was required to save the 16-year-old boy, he’d never actually done one before. Aware that such an operation before was a huge risk, he decided to call in the ‘cavalry’ – that is, he text messaged Professor Meirion Thomas, one of the few British surgeons  experienced in such procedures and asked for help. Luckily, his phone was on and he txted  back ‘step-by-step instructions on how to do it.’

Meanwhile, in the United States, the cell phone again saves the day….

…when a stray .45-caliber bullet hit a 68 year old man in the chest while he was mowing the lawn. Apparently, all that stood between him and the bullet was his cell phone which took the brunt of the force and saved his life. The man survived with some bruising. Sadly the phone didn’t survive.

And a few extra tidbits…

Want to know whether drinking urine good for your health? 

Turns out left-handed men earn five per cent more every HOUR than right-handers.

And for some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV.

By the way, never assume that hospitals are safe environments. In the UK, inspectors for the Healthcare Commission found that only five out of 51 hospital trusts pass hygiene test.

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The study, based on questioning the mothers of over 13,000 children born in the late 1990s, found that…

“… mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation. And when the children also later used the phones they were, overall, 80 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behaviour. They were 25 per cent more at risk from emotional problems, 34 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties relating to their peers, 35 per cent more likely to be hyperactive, and 49 per cent more prone to problems with conduct.”

These results were unexpected and took the scientists by surprise.  Three and a half years ago, UCLA’s Professor Leeka Kheifets, one of the lead scientists on this study, had written that studies “…to date give no consistent evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to radiofrequency fields and any adverse health effect”.

But the authors of this study acknowledge many other variables – diet, smoking, family mental history – at play that could just as easily suggest reasons for the children’s behavioral problems.

They also acknowledge that there is a strong possibility that the children’s behavioral problems  have less to do with the radio frequency fields and more to do with the fact that mothers who are constantly on the cell phone pay less attention to their children, causing them to ‘act out’.

But while the fndings from this new study are not conclusive, it has brought into focus yet again the question “are cell phones hazardous to our health”?

Further reading:

Do Cell Phones Harm Unborn Babies?

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