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Interphone study publishes its report on mobile phone use and the risk of brain cancer

After months of anticipation and rumour, the Interphone Study Group has published its results into the risk of brain tumours (glioma and meningioma) in relation to mobile phone use. Those results, printed in the International Journal of Epidemiology, have the following conclusions:

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Interphone 'mobile phone cancer' study leaks again

We've previously talked about the long-awaited Interphone study into the possible cancer risks of using mobile phones. It now looks as though the results will be published on Tuesday 18th May, although that hasn't stopped media speculation from starting early.

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New mobile phone health study will run for up to 30 years

A new study has been launched today to investigate whether there is a link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer. It's called the cohort study on mobile communications (COSMOS) and forms part of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme, which is funded by government and industry.

COSMOS participants will be from the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands. The study will run for 20-30 years and will follow the health of at least a quarter of a million participants aged 18-69. The UK arm of COSMOS is being led by a research team from Imperial College London.

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Podcast - 28th October 2009

Iain, James and Mark talk about mobile phone health concerns, Nokia's legal action against Apple, the return of the rumoured Google gPhone, open source software, an art exhibition controlled by text messages... and much more.

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