IPods linked to pacemaker malfunction

Reuters (excerpt) ^ | May 10, 2007

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Apple iPods can cause cardiac implantable pacemakers to malfunction by interfering with the electromagnetic equipment monitoring the heart, according to a study presented by a 17-year-old US high school student to a meeting of heart specialists.

The study tested the effect of the portable music devices on 100 patients, mean age 77, fitted with pacemakers. Electrical interference was detected half of the time when the iPod was held just five cm from the patient's chest for five to 10 seconds.

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Vice President Cheney should be cautioned about this.

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[gcruse]

The problem is that sticking this article into chat, he’ll never see it.

[tubebender]

What a coinkydik. Just yesterday I leaned over a electric fence and got Zapped real good. First thing I did was Thank the Lord that I don’t wear a pacemaker yet but now my iPod moos every time I bend over...

[SunkenCiv]

Good thing the iPod wasn't playing the alarm clock sequence from Dark Side of the Moon.

The study tested the effect of the portable music devices on 100 patients, mean age 77, fitted with pacemakers.

See, now, this is just mean. ;')