GamersCrib
04-01-2008, 03:38 PM
Digital media players such as the iPod may not interfere in a dangerous way with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), new research shows.
But to be on the safe side, people may want to keep digital medial players at least 6 inches away from their pacemaker or ICD -- for instance, not carrying it in a chest pocket -- and turning the players off or putting them away when programming or checking on pacemaker or ICD function.
source (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/31/health/webmd/main3984485.shtml)
But to be on the safe side, people may want to keep digital medial players at least 6 inches away from their pacemaker or ICD -- for instance, not carrying it in a chest pocket -- and turning the players off or putting them away when programming or checking on pacemaker or ICD function.
source (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/31/health/webmd/main3984485.shtml)