Apple has published a list of its products that could cause enough magnetic interference to impact medical devices, a page stemming from reports about MagSafe's potential to affect pacemakers. Apple's ...

Apple products have continued to get more and more versatile year to year as the tech giant aims to permeate our every day with devices made to make things easier. That said, as Apple has worked to ...

With stronger magnets becoming a more common fixture in the latest smartphones and consumer electronics, medical researchers have been exploring their potential effects on cardiac implants. The ...

Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger, ...

The researchers measured the magnetic fields of these devices and found a maximum 1mm from the phone or watch case. At 21 mm (a little over ¾ of an inch), the magnet field was no longer strong enough ...

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 ...

There are increasing concerns the new Apple iPhone 12 could interfere with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, presenting a risk for people with heart problems. The issue relates to a ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- According to a new warning from doctors, there are two devices people depend on that should never be near each other. The warning relates to pacemakers and the iPhone 12, which ...

The iPhone 12 has been a big seller since its launch in October of 2020. Rober Switzer of Scottsdale was glad to get his phone, that is until he heard about a recent study. "I feel like this is a big ...

Cardiologists at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit say they discovered that the iPhone 12 has the ability to deactivate implantable cardiac devices when held too close to a person’s chest. Apple’s ...