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Mobile phone radiation may affect memory function

Heavy mobile phone use may have a detrimental affect on memory due to radiation affecting the brain.

While radiation levels differ according to the model of phone, it has been found that using any sort of mobile phone for several hours a day can affect memory function.

Researchers from Melbourne University say the effect is a result of a protein in the blood, toxic to the brain, leaking through the brain blood barrier.

Read more at The University of Melbourne

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