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In reply to the discussion: Kucinich's Brain Afflicted by Cell Phone Radiation Horseshit [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)38. Didn't say GUPTA was the best neurosurgeon in the country. Allen Friedman was.
By the following Monday, a horde of reporters was camped outside Duke Medical Center, and Friedman was performing a tricky operation inside the brain of one of the country's most powerful politicians. It was at once an honor and a burden for a man who has spent 34 years building a reputation as one of the world's leading brain surgeons.
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"He works hard, but that's not it," (his colleague) said. "I don't know. What makes a Mozart? What makes a Michael Jordan?"
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"He works hard, but that's not it," (his colleague) said. "I don't know. What makes a Mozart? What makes a Michael Jordan?"
http://www.newsobserver.com/2008/06/29/88741/kennedy-chose-mozart-of-brain.html#storylink=cpy
But Gupta has impressive credential in neurosurgery:
"American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia."
The Israeli study was well constructed and found correlation with salivary gland cancer. Many studies have found correlation between cell phone use and glioblastoma cancer in the left brain. That's what killed Kennedy and Johnnie Cochran.
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You object to knowing how much radiation is coming that close to your brain...
99Forever
Aug 2012
#1
Yeah, but that's inattentiveness. Lipstick can kill too and not just because I'm drop-dead gorgeous.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2012
#7
he gets paid to say things but not enough apparently to put a cell phone against his own head
KurtNYC
Aug 2012
#37
Interesting. A friend of mine was diagnosed recently with a very rare form of cancer which is
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#18
I believe it may have been. I had not heard of it before as it is not a common form of cancer, the
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#41
I think you could have made your case without taking such a swipe at Kucinich.
Raine1967
Aug 2012
#9
You want science? you come with name calling and industry studies but you claim you want science..
KurtNYC
Aug 2012
#10
Thank you. +1. Between the totally fantastic and the completely dogmatic, it gets tiresome. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#13
Here from your own source -- "suggestion of a possible increased risk of glioma,"
KurtNYC
Aug 2012
#40
"But ... shortcomings ... prevented them from drawing any firm conclusions"
Lionel Mandrake
Aug 2012
#42
I lived near Slater School in Fresno, Ca.. many had cancer from the powerlines
annm4peace
Aug 2012
#23