Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance - Forbes.com

(HealthDay News) -- A U.S. study offers more evidence that portable headphones can create magnetic interference that might make implanted defibrillators and pacemakers malfunction.

Using the headphones over the ears doesn't appear to be a problem, but storing them in a shirt or jacket pocket near the chest or allowing them to hang near the heart could spell trouble, researchers found.

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