Can smartphones and laptops cause brain cancer? Gurugram neurologist Dr Praveen Gupta busts 5 dangerous myths

In an age where health advice travels across social media feeds faster than peer-reviewed science, medical anxiety often outpaces factual reality. Alarmist claims linking smartphones to brain tumours or framing every minor headache as a terminal diagnosis can leave you hyper-vigilant yet misinformed. Also read | Smelling something no one else can? Find out how 23-year-old woman’s ‘rotten egg smell’ led to a brain tumour diagnosisTo separate science from speculation, Dr Praveen Gupta, chairman of the Marengo Asia International Institute of Neuro & Spine (MAIINS) at Marengo Asia Hospitals in Gurugram, weighed in on five of the most pervasive myths surrounding brain health and tumours, in an interview with HT Lifestyle.Here is what the AIIMS-trained neurologist with over two decades of clinical experience wants the public to understand:Myth 1: excessive screen time causes brain cancerIt is one of the most widespread health anxieties of the digital age: does staring at…