According to a German report, the prolonged use of mobile phones can now make us go blind.

The report, published by researchers at Essen University, looked at a study of 118 patients who were already suffering from uveal melanoma, cancer in the iris or base of the retina of the eye.

The researchers looked at mobile phone use patterns amongst these patients and compared the results against a control group of 474 people.

The results of the comparison revealed that regular users of mobile phones were three times more likely to develop cancer of the eye.

We need to keep in mind, however, that this was a small study, spanning only a short period of time, and involved only a small number of subjects. We also need to realize that the study was subject to all sorts of variables. Before we all start to panic, a large full-scale study needs to be done over a longer period of time to determine what side effects, if any, mobile phone use may have.

These studies on mobile phone use should not be taken too seriously. Why? Consider this: According to a research by Tony Bernstein from the Pure Air Company, mobile phone use can also make users constipated.

These findings were discovered after he subjected mice to mobile phone use. The radiation being emitted was reported to have a "laxative effect."

Then there are the numerous studies which point mobile phone use to brain cancer.

But with as many reports and studies there are that link mobile phone use to brain cancer, there are just as many which dispute those claims. Take a study of a group of brain cancer patients in the U.S. The findings of the study were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In the study, researchers from the American Health Foundation found that there was very little difference between the mobile phone use of a group of cancer patients and a control group who had used their phones for about three years.

The data essentially showed that there was no link between phone use and cancer development. Thus, the data has made it impossible to strongly refute or confirm the link between mobile phone use and brain cancer development.