Oddball
health stuff today. First of all, lets
talk about cell phones. They are
amazing, especially the smartphones.
But, like anything, there are some problems – aside from using them
while driving though that is probably the biggest problem. Here is a link to a Dr. Oz segment on
Oprah’s website talking about some of the dangers. I don’t think he is an expert on all things but he doesn’t seem
to be selling anything.
http://www.oprah.com/health/Dr-Oz-Explains-Cell-Phone-Dangers-and-How-to-Avoid-Them (They also suggest the cell phone radiation
can cause infertility in men but at my age who cares! Younger readers might want to check it out.)
Here
is another doctor who is concerned about all the radio wave activity
surrounding us.
How
about a personal story. A few years ago
my wife was diagnosed with osteopenia; it is a weaking of the bone structure
that can lead to osteoporosis. Her
doctor has her take a bone density test every year to keep track of this
condition. This is done on each
hip. Her right hip has always had a
higher density than her left. This year
her left had a higher density than her right.
Last year we got new smartphones, she carries her phone in her right
front jeans pocket. Is there a
relationship? Who knows! But we are being a lot more careful about
putting the phone on a table or desk rather than carrying it all the time.
How
about an alternative medicine story. I
had one of my thumbnails get really corrugated and thick. I went to the doctor and they took a sample
but found no fungus so had nothing to prescribe. A few weeks later my wife happened to see part of the Doctor Oz
show. Someone was complaining of a
problem much like mine and the doctor said to treat it with a mixture of
sunflower oil and tea tree oil. I did
and it worked; my nail is almost completely normal now. I’ve no idea why he recommended the
sunflower oil mixture since the Tea Tree Oil was such a small dose of ‘the real
thing’. Apparently it was a bacterial
infection of some sort and the tea tree oil cleared it right up.
Please
excuse the old photo. One of our local
casinos was having trouble with the flag so they got this guy to fix things up.
Have
a good one!
2 comments:
I worked for 35 years in the radio department of our phone company. I worked on and around high power microwave generators, RF generators, cell towers, you name it. It should stand to reason that people in my field should show a higher incidence of cancer or associated problems but that is not the case. In fact of the dozens of people I worked with over the years, I can remember only one of them dying of cancer and he was very young, in his 40's. So maybe the opposite is true, exposure to RF may protect us? Who knows?
That flag guy didn't just shinny up the pole?
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