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The risk of developing a non-cancerous acoustic neuroma was up to four times higher on the same side as the phone was held, and virtually normal on the other side, according to scientists at the Swedish Institute of Environmental Medicine. The three-year study, focusing on 750 Swedes who had used cell phones for at least 10 years, was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Since only analogue phones had been available for at least 10 years prior to the study, the researchers said they couldn't draw conclusions about long-term use of more modern digital phones, according to the Agence France-Presse news service.

Acoustic neuromas generally aren't life-threatening, although they can become so if they grow too large and cause pressure on the brain, AFP reported. – (HealthDayNews)
 

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