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 ...

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 high school ...

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, ...

image: University of Utah electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Benjamin Sanchez Terrones, left, and U associate professor of medicine Benjamin Steinberg have published a new study ...

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 ...

Wearable electronic devices such as smart watches, worn by consumers to monitor their health, could interfere with the correct working of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), posing serious ...

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 ...

Current medical guidelines have prompted implementation of increasing numbers of implantable rhythm devices, be they pacemakers, internal cardioverter–defibrillators or loop recorders. These devices ...