Spending 30 minutes on the phone with customer support can cause anyone’s blood to boil . . . but can the same be said for chatting with your sweet, old grandma?
A new, 12-year study has found that spending just 30 minutes talking on the phone each week . . . can lead to a 12% risk of higher blood pressure. And that’s TOTAL minutes, not just a 30-minute call.
It isn’t the stress of dealing with someone on the other end . . . or even making sure grandma remembers to take her meds.
The idea is that cell phone usage emits low levels of radiofrequency energy . . . and even in short-term exposure, it’s been linked to hypertension.
Naturally, the risk goes UP the more time you spend on the phone. It’s 13% for people who talk one to three hours per week . . . 16% for four to six hours . . . and 25% for those on the phone longer than six hours a week.
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