Mobiles linked to disturbed sleep

Apparently, and this could spell bad news for a lot of us out there, using a mobile before you go to sleep could stop you having a decent night’s sleep!

The study that generated these results also suggests that the radiation from them can cause headaches, insomnia, and confusion (yes, I know what you are thinking, what if I have those anyway…..!), and that REM (deep-phase sleep) can be affected.

The study was carried out by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute and Wayne State University in the US, and looked at about 70 people, including a control group – as any of you will know from school science classes, you have got to have a ‘control’ in order to be able to reference your results – although I always thought when we managed to set stuff on fire the results were pretty conclusive on their own!

Interestingly, about half the people in the study considered themselves ‘electrosensitive’ – I figured this meant they weren’t keen on music made with an Roland 808, but apparently not – it’s to do with getting headaches and ‘impaired cognitive function’ due to electrical radiation. Hmm.

Joking aside, the real question here is, does mobile usage have a discernable affect on your sleep, and general functioning? My take is that the study was only 70 people, not a number I would have considered to give a reliable result. I would have thought numbers in the 000’s or above would be needed, and also correlated against usage patterns. But given my track record in school chemistry classes, perhaps I better not comment!

[Via: bbc.co.uk]