Apple has just published this major health warning on most of its products
The long list of products could create dangerous health problems for some people.
There is no denying how much Apple products are widely used in our daily lives. In fact, single iPhones constitute46.9% of the smartphone market, with 113 million users in 2021, according to Statata. And with the popularity of laptops, tablets and other products of the company, there is a good chance that you read this on one of their many devices currently. But if you are one of the many Apple products, you must be aware of a major health warning that society has just published. Read on to see which devices could put you at risk.
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Apple has just sent a warning that the magnets of their products can interfere with cardiac stimulators and other devices.
In a support document published on June 25,Apple warned May the magnets used in many of their products could potentially interfere with implanted medical devices such as stimulators and defibrillators. The company indicates that a wide list of their devices must be kept "a safety distance from your medical device" of more than six inches and more than 12 inches during wireless load. The company also suggests: "If you suspect that your Apple product interferes with your medical device, stop using your Apple product and consult your doctor and medical device manufacturer."
Earphones and laptops are included in the long list of products in the warning.
The warning covers aWide range of Apple products When magnets are commonly used to secure the charger connections, device covers and other features. The long list includes airports and their charging cases, an Apple watch and some accessories, homepod, iPad and some accessories, beats' specific models, some Mac computers and laptops, as well as iPhone 12 with magsafe and its accessories.
Apple also emphasizes in the post that, while othersApple devices contain magnetsThey are "unlikely to interfere with medical devices". They urge any person with questions or concerns about the products they have to immediately contact their doctor and their manufacturer of medical devices.
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Recent studies have found that new iPhones interfere with medical devices.
The warning comes only a few weeks after the American Heart Association (AHA) published a small study that tested theEffects of the iPhone 12 on cardiac stimulators and defibrillators. After placing the smartphone near the devices "in vivo" and "ex vivo" -means implanted in a patient and recently not incorporated, respectively, it was found that11 devices on 14 experienced interference.
"We have always known that magnets can interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices, however, we were surprised by the strength of the magnets used in iPhone 12" magnet technology, "Michael Wu, MD, the main study investigator and a cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Institute of LifePan and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, said in a statement. "In general, a magnet can change synchronization of a cardiac stimulator or disable defibrillator rescue functions, and this search indicates that everyone is to know that electronic devices with magnets can interfere with Implantable cardiac electronics devices . "
Beware of transporting your iPhone in your chest pocket if you have an implanted device.
The authors of the study pointed out that the iPhone owners can inadvertently endeavor simply by wearing it apparently harmless. "People often put theirSmartphones in a chest pocket On a device that can be close to [Electronic Cardiac Implantable Features] Cieds. This can lead to asynchronous stimulation or deactivating antitchycard therapies, "wrote researchers.
As a result, the AHA reminded the public that there are certain ways to use your devices to protect your heart. "The American Heart Association and manufacturers of Implantable Cardioverter Stimulators and Defibrillators have long recommended that cell phones are used in the opposite ear on the body side of an implanted device and that cell phones are kept at least 10 cm from the device, so not in a shirt or a coat pocket on the same side as the cardiac device "Mark A. Estes, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Criminal Heart Electrophysiology Scholarship Program and the Vascular Institute of the University of Pittsburgh School, said in the Declaration.
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