Heavy mobile phone use may increase risk of some brain cancers: study

People who use mobile phones intensively appear to have a higher risk of developing certain types of brain cancer, French scientists said this week, reviving questions about phone safety. Individuals who used their cellphone for more than 15 hours each month over five years on average had between two and three times greater risk of developing glioma and meningioma tumours compared with people whose used their phone rarely, they found. The study -- appearing in the latest issue of British journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine -- is the latest foray in a long-running exploration of mobile-phone safety. Read more here.