Do cell phones increase risk of heart disease: New study

Study findings

The authors of the study partially blame smartphones for poor sleep, psychological stress, and neuroticism.

"A poor sleep pattern and poor mental health may adversely affect the development of cardiovascular diseases through disrupted circadian rhythm, endocrine and metabolic disruption, and increased inflammation," explained one of the researchers, Dr. Xianhui Qin.

However, before you decide to permanently turn off your mobile phone, it's important to note that this study is based on data recorded almost 20 years ago.

Researchers asked 444,000 middle-aged adults to report how often they used their phones at a certain point between 2006 and 2010.

Regular mobile phone use was defined as making or receiving at least one call per week, and 23% of respondents used their phones for an hour per week.

Participants were monitored for about 12 years, with researchers examining hospital records and death certificates for cases of stroke, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure.

More than 56,000 participants developed cardiovascular diseases.

Regular mobile phone users, especially smokers and diabetics, faced a significantly higher risk.

Approximately 11.5% of cases were linked to psychological disorders, 5.1% to poor sleep, and 2.25% to neuroticism.

The study results were published in an accompanying article in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

The authors of the scientific paper also expressed concerns about the health impacts of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by mobile phones.

In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization classified RF-EMF from mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic based on limited evidence of an increased risk of brain cancer.

However, an analysis commissioned by the WHO and published this week found no link between mobile phone radiation and brain cancer, even among people who frequently use their phones.

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