It is Dangerous to Sleep With a Cell Phone Under Your Pillow

It is Dangerous to Sleep With a Cell Phone Under 

Your Pillow

Most experts agree with the warnings to avoid sleeping with 

a cell phone under your pillow.  

The "under the pillow" 

angle of cell phone radiation

 is just a subset of a larger 

discussion on the topic of cell

 phone radiation in general. 

Though there is some evidence

 to support harmful effects of

 cell phone use on the brain‚ 

the jury is out on brain cancer

or brain tumors and cell phone use.

Nevertheless‚ most experts advise

 taking the safe route and limiting

 unnecessary extended exposure‚

 such as sleeping with a cell phone

 next to your head.

Ways to Reduce Cell Phone 

Radiation:-

While the debate rages‚ many

 people prefer to err on the side

 of caution and try to minimize 

their cell phone radiation exposure.

Such steps include:

Keeping cell phone several feet away while sleeping.

Using speaker instead of talking directly into the handset.

Text instead of talking.

Use headphones or Bluetooth connectors.

If you are using your phone at night for its clock or alarm features‚ consider putting it

 in "airplane mode" which suspends the phone's transmission functions.

Sleep boosts brain cell numbers

Sleep boosts brain cell numbers

In contrast‚ the genes involved in cell death and stress 

responses were turned on when the mice were forced to 

stay awake.

Scientists believe that

 they have discovered 

a new reason why we 

need to sleep it replenishes

 a type of brain cell.

Dr Chiara Cirelli and 

colleagues from the 

University of Wisconsin

 found that the production

 rate of the myelin making

 cells‚ immature 

oligodendrocytes‚ doubled

 as mice slept.

The increase was most marked during the type of sleep that is associated with 

dreaming - REM or rapid eye movement sleep - and was driven by genes.

In contrast‚ the genes involved in cell death and stress responses were turned on when the

 mice were forced to stay awake.

Dr Cirelli said that for a long time‚ sleep researchers focused on how the activity of nerve 

cells differs when animals are awake versus when they are asleep.

Sleep loss can make you fat: Study

Sleep loss can make you fat: Study

Researchers have long pointed to a correlation between a 

steep rise in obesity in industrialized nations and a decline in 

sleep duration.

Scientists had found evidence

 that a lack of sleep causes 

changes in brain activity that 

lead to people feeling hungrier

 and craving more fattening

 foods.

Researchers have long pointed

 to a correlation between a

 steep rise in obesity in

 industrialized nations and a

 decline in sleep duration.

A causal link was suspected‚

 but science has not been able to explain the mechanism‚ until now.

A team from the University of California said they used MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

 scans to spot changes in the brain activity of sleep-deprived test subjects.

Researchers said these findings provide an explanatory brain mechanism by which

 insufficient sleep may lead to the development/maintenance of obesity.