In the last decade, we've seen studies that try to link mobile phone use to all kinds of cancer, the most common type being brain cancer. The thinking is that the radiation output from these devices affects the brain when those phones are held close to the head for extended periods.

Well, here's one to shoot this theory down, I guess. In Australia, authorities there have said that mobile phone use does not cause cancer, and talking on a phone in the car is no more dangerous than having a passenger aboard. Wow-- those are heavy hitters.

For many of us, those ultra low-power Bluetooth headsets are the solution for not holding that cellphone near your head for along periods of time. You?

An issue of great debate for quite some time, scientists seem to have finally put an end to the cell phone/cancer connection argument. According to a study in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, scientists from the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology have determined that short and long-term cell phone use is not associated with the increased risk of cancer.'

The question of cell phones' safety -- especially as it was supposedly related to its causing certain types of cancer -- is one that consumers and scientists have been hoping to have answered for quite some time. Because cell phones emit electromagnetic fields that can penetrate into the human brain, it's been speculated that this could potentially cause tumors in the head or neck. However, based on this new information, it appears as though this is not the case.

Studying just over 420,000 cell phone users who first starting using their "celly" between the years 1982 and 1995, the researchers tracked these individuals' health until 2002. The researchers did not find any connection between short or long-term cell phone use and brain tumors, eye tumors, salivary gland tumors, or leukemia.

So, with that cell phone issue now taken care of, I suppose that all that remains is dealing with the whole talking-and-driving thing. Oh yeah, and also doing my best to stop picturing a piece of danish dressed in a lab coat.