The Wyze 47c smart watch has a battery strong enough to last nine days. But its magnets can foul up a user's internal heart device. Same goes for most Apple products, both companies acknowledge.

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 ...

Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said Sunday. The MP3 players themselves posed no ...

My ICD actually emits a loud, ear piercing beep for about 5 seconds whenever it encounters a magnetic field strong enough to disable it. My original Pixel has never done this, even when placed ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning this past week about the effect that magnets in some cell phones and smartwatches can have on pacemakers and other implanted medical devices.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pacemakers are getting upgraded. An innovative procedure now allows a doctor to communicate with a pacemaker just by putting a magnet over the patient's chest. According to Dr.

Watchdog readers praise and condemn a report on how some smartwatches and other electronic devices can harm wearers of pacemakers. Karl Mondon - Bay Area News Group / Tribune Content Agency My story ...

Magnets found in commonly used portable electronic devices (PEDs) like wireless earbuds may prevent implantable cardiac devices from giving lifesaving therapies if kept in close contact, according to ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...