The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that strong magnets in some cellphones and smartwatches can interfere with pacemakers and other implanted medical devices. Studies have shown that ...

Magnets used in portable devices including cellphones and smart watches may impair pacemakers and affect other implanted devices, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The FDA advises ...

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 ...

A study published this week in Heart Rhythm supported recommendations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that patients keep consumer electronic devices that may create magnetic interference, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FDA has published a new report that recommends patients with implanted medical devices such as pacemakers or defibrillators keep smartphones and watches at least six inches away from the implanted ...

On Jan. 2, 2021, researchers published a paper investigating the possibility that the iPhone 12's magnetic field could affect the function of a medical device known as an Implantable Cardioverter ...

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 ...

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 ...