Rants and Raves

My post the other day generated quite a few inquires about Alzheimer’s and anything else on Gary Arendash research professor at the University of South Florida.

A selection of reference links on Alzheimer’s:

• ADEAR – Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Center
• The Alzheimer’s Association
• Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
• Alzheimer’s on Wikipedia
• Alzheimer’s on Mayo Clinic

News media coverage of Gary Arendash:

• Study may ring in changes to Alzheimer’s treatment
  Posted on 1/11/2010 2:37:03 PM
  Long suspected of causing brain tumours, mobile phones are now being eyed as key allies in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers …
• Mobile use could help against Alzheimers
  Posted on 1/11/2010 2:14:47 PM
  Mobile phone use could protect against Alzheimer’s and even reverse the disease, new research suggests.. . Tests using mice suggest waves from …
• Cellphone may be key to Alzheimer’s cure
  Posted on 1/11/2010 7:53:28 AM
  That ringing you hear might just be the sound of hope.. . A new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to …
• Good news for cellphone heavy users
  Posted on 1/10/2010 4:56:30 AM
  If we wait around long enough, experience teaches that virtually everything we take for granted as received wisdom is eventually turned on its …
• Could mobile phone radiation protect against Alzheimer’s disease?
  Posted on 1/8/2010 12:59:37 AM
  Long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves from mobile phones may prevent and even reverse the damage of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a …
• Cellphone radiation is good for Alzheimer’s mice
  Posted on 1/7/2010 7:54:07 AM
  Despite years of demonisation, mobile phones might actually do us more good than harm. Regular exposure to an electromagnetic field identical to …
• Cell Phone Radiation Reverses Alzheimer’s and Boosts Memory in Mice
  Posted on 1/6/2010 6:18:14 PM
  All those cancer concerns surrounding cell phones may have to make room for good news. Astonished scientists found that electromagnetic radiation …

And an article by Scott Mendelson, MD (author of Beyond Alzheimer’s) titled Your Cell Phone Will NOT Protect You From Alzheimer’s Disease published on 12 January 2010 by the Huffinton Post which rejects Gary Arendash’s conclusions.

Read up, educate yourself — I personally find that most doctors know far less than they purport.

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