  A Hungarian medical study made public yesterday, and formally presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Berlin today, has concluded that heavy users of mobile phones have sperm counts that are up to 30 percent lower than that of those who do not have or use mobiles at all. Their findings show that not only does using the phone affect a man's sperm and the motility of the sperm, but simply having it switched on in a pocket is enough to do damage, The Guardian reported yesterday.
Generally I trust no medical findings, however scientifically founded, unless corroborated by more serious documentation in urlLink Clinical Evidence or urlLink The Cochrane Library . Having said that, I'm not entirely sure if such corroboration would make me stop carrying the mobile in the pocket. After all, I have already begot three mini Pettersons [of whom two are no longer so mini]. In case my mobile hasn't yet done its job, reproduction still requires a minimum of intercourse.
How's that for safeguarding? That aside, it would appear that my scepticism towards the Hungarian study is shared by scientists, who object that the study is small, and that its findings do not sit well with the bulk evidence so far on the health hazards of mobile phones. urlLink Evidence Based Medicine rules big time, baby [the child with acute otitis media finding behind latter link, was originally mine, by the way. The finding that is, not the child.]. Whatever the case, my mobile stays put. More on urlLink EBM 
