Although mobile phones have become an inseparable part of our daily life, an expert in heart medicine, Professor Oluranti Familoni had cautioned against keeping these phones in breast pockets, warning that the electromagnetic waves it emits are bad for the workings of the heart. According to him, “We investigated the effects of electromagnetic field emitted from mobile phones on QT intervals on the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing among our hypertensive patients. QT intervals tell of some electrical activity of the heart. The longest QT intervals were recorded when the phone was on the praecordium and in the ‘ringing mode’ compared to when it was on the hip. “We concluded that short-term exposure to the electromagnetic field emitted by mobile phone interferes with QT intervals in hypertensive patients particularly when ringing on the praecordium.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 19, 2018 02:15 UTC