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Related: http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7546/886.full http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7546/886.full >60 “sensitive” people who reported often getting headache-l
by jotux 11y ago
Related: http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7546/886.full http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7546/886.full
>60 “sensitive” people who reported often getting headache-like symptoms within 20 minutes of using a global system for mobile communication (GSM) mobile phone and 60 “control” participants who did not report any such symptoms.
>Participants were exposed to three conditions: a 900 MHz GSM mobile phone signal, a non-pulsing carrier wave signal, and a sham condition with no signal present. Each exposure lasted for 50 minutes.
>Headache severity increased during exposure and decreased immediately afterwards. However, no strong evidence was found of any difference between the conditions in terms of symptom severity. Nor did evidence of any differential effect of condition between the two groups exist. The proportion of sensitive participants who believed a signal was present during GSM exposure (60%) was similar to the proportion who believed one was present during sham exposure (63%).
- fragsworth 11y agoOf hundreds of millions of people who suffer migraines or other common headaches, some small percentage of them will notice a strong correlation between their headaches and being near electronics. I can see how they can convince themselves that this is the cause.