by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, The Focal Points:
Ultrasound imaging reveals potential cardiovascular risks from prolonged smartphone contact with the body.
The study titled, Hypothesis: ultrasonography can document dynamic in vivo rouleaux formation due to mobile phone exposure, was recently published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine:
Carrying a cellphone against the body has become commonplace in our world replete with smartphones. Acute and chronic health effects caused by these devices emitting radiofrequency radiation from multiple antennas have not been well evaluated.