Report warns iPod earphones may deactivate pacemakers
Heart patients wearing pacemakers and implanted defibrillators should avoid putting iPods or other media players in their breast pockets as the magnets in the headphones can deactivate the devices, according to a Medical Device Safety report.
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The risk is posed by headphones and not digital music players in general or the iPod in particular, as some inattentive headline writers would suggest. 'Nuff said.Thank you for posting this article.
I never knew about this before. Jabba from ebay's TS posted this link. Keep up the good work about health/electronic warnings. I have a pacer/defib and never knew about this before. Thank you.wow
that cool because my mom has a vegsas nerve syndrom implant and they told her that she shouldn't where ear phones or put them in her pocket. We didn't know why but no we dothank you very much