Limiting mobile phone use may help reduce risk of cardiovascular disease: Expert

Limiting the use of mobile phones in making and taking calls may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases according to a top neurologistTaking to social media platform X Dr Sudhir Kumar from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said that limiting mobile phone use along with other healthy lifestyle measures may be good for boosting heart healthldquoIt is useful to limit the duration of taking and making calls in order to reduce the risk of CVDsrdquo said KumarldquoEnsure good sleep and minimise psychological stressrdquo he added while also suggesting to quit smokingHe said this citing a recent Chinese study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology which showed an increased association between mobile phone use and heart diseases like stroke coronary artery disease atrial fibrillation and heart failureThe number of mobile phone subscriptions has increased dramatically worldwide in recent decades and surpassed 82 billion in 2020 according to data From the International Telecommunication UnionAt the same time heart diseases have also surged significantly worldwide including in IndiaData from the World Heart Federation WHF showed deaths from cardiovascular disease CVD jumped globally from 121 million in 1990 to 205 million in 2021The study by researchers from the Southern Medical University in China showed that weekly mobile phone usage time was positively associated with incident CVD riskThe risk was partly ldquoexplained by poor sleep psychologic distress and neuroticismrdquo the study showedFurther the team noted that ldquomobile phones emit radiofrequency electromagnetic fields RFEMFs which could induce hypothalamicpituitaryadrenal axis deregulation inflammatory reaction and oxidative stressrdquo these can affect heart and blood vessels increasing the risk of CVDThe study included 444027 individuals without a history of CVD After more than 12 years of followup CVD risk was identified in 56181 individuals 127 per centCompared with participants who used a mobile phone less than 1 hour per week those who used a mobile phone more than 1 hour had a significantly increased risk of incident CVDThe risk of CVD was also found to be higher in people with diabetes and current smokersldquoSmoking and diabetes compound the risk of CVDs and hence smokers should quit smoking and people with diabetes should keep blood sugars under controlrdquo Kumar saidAlso Read Spend too much time in front of screens That coupled with no exercise may lead to digital dementiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever