Topic: William Maisel
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A U.S. study offers more evidence that portable headphones can create magnetic interference that might make implanted defibrillators and pacemakers malfunction.. The researchers examined several kinds of portable headphones in 100 patients. They found the level of magnetic interference they emit ...
A U.S. study offers more evidence that portable headphones can create magnetic interference that might make implanted defibrillators and pacemakers malfunction.. The researchers examined several kinds of portable headphones in 100 patients. They found the level of magnetic interference they emit ...
An implantable device that alerts high-risk patients when they show signs of a heart attack could shorten the time it takes for the wearer to seek medical attention. "Patients often take almost three hours to come to the hospital for a heart ...
While MP3 players have been tested and are generally regarded as posing no threat to pacemakers, the headphones people use to listen to them could cause trouble, say researchers. After some back-and-forth in the medical community, it has generally been decided that ...
Magnetic interference from iPod headphones could pose a risk to patients with surgically implanted heart monitoring devices, according to a study involving 60 pacemaker and defibrillator patients. Interference from MP3 player headphones could prove fatal by temporarily deactivating a device, and the ...
MP3 player headphones placed within an inch of pacemakers or implantable defibrillators may interfere with the operation of the lifesaving cardiac devices, as study has found.Research found that neodymium, a magnetic substance contained in the MP3 player headphones, appears to impede ...
Placement of MP3-player headphones within one inch of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) may cause electromagnetic inference, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions held Nov. 8 to 12 in New Orleans.. William H. Maisel, M ...
"Headphones contain magnets, and some of these magnets are powerful," said the study's leader, Dr. William Maisel, a cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a heart device consultant to the federal Food and Drug Administration. "The headphone ...
A new study of 60 patients fitted with pacemaker and defibrillator devices claims that magnetic interference from MP3/iPod headphones could be potentially fatal.. William Maisel, director of the research advises "family members or friends of patients with implantable defibrillators. should avoid ...
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