Research confirms cell phones and smart watches should be kept at least 6 in. away from implanted medical devices such as pacemakers. Magnetic safe mode can be triggered accidentally from strong ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

You probably know enough to back up a few feet when using the microwave if you have a cardiac rhythm device such as a pacemaker implanted in your chest. Holding your iPad too close could also cause ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning this past week about the effect that magnets in some cell phones and smartwatches can have on pacemakers and other implanted medical devices.

BOSTON - Could your fitness tracker be putting your health at risk? Fitness and wellness trackers in the form of smart watches, rings, and scales that allow consumers to monitor their own heart rates, ...

The FDA has published a new report that recommends patients with implanted medical devices such as pacemakers or defibrillators keep smartphones and watches at least six inches away from the implanted ...

Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said Sunday. The MP3 players themselves posed no ...

Some wearable gadgers like fitness trackers may potentially interfere with the functioning of pacemakers and other implanted heart electronic devices. Research published in the journal Heart Rhythm ...

Magnets in Apple's latest smartphone, the iPhone 12, can trigger a setting in some implantable cardiac devices that temporarily disable the devices, according to Food and Drug Administration ...

Denver, CO - Perhaps you've seen them—compact, electronic devices with complex circuitry and sophisticated programming, a state-of-the-art battery, and a single external wire separating into two leads ...

Philadelphia, August 26, 2021 --After reports of smart phone and watch interference with implanted medical devices, investigators affiliated with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) ...

Aims: Third-generation mobile phones, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), were recently introduced in Europe. The safety of these devices with regard to their interference with implanted ...