Israel publishes mobile phone health guidelines

Israel's Health Ministry has published guidelines about mobile phone usage. The ministry's head of public health says they contain "absolutely nothing new" and are based on information that's already been released by other organisations. [Source: Jerusalem Post]

Mobile phone use linked to salivary gland tumours

Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, a physician, epidemiologist and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, has found a link between mobile phone usage and the development of tumours in the salivary gland. Her findings, which are published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, show that heavy mobile phone use increased the risk of developing a tumour by around 50%. The study investigated nearly 500 Israelis who had been diagnosed with tumours of the salivary gland and about 1,300 healthy control subjects. [Source: ScienceDaily.com]