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MP3 headphones can deactivate pacemakers, study shows | Technology | The Guardian

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:41 AM EST
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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 research team said patients should keep headphones more than 3cm away from their pacemaker or defibrillator.

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