Electronic Pacemaker
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The heart's natural pacemaker is an electrical timing device that controls the rate of the heart's muscular contractions, enabling the heart to pump blood under the wide range of demands encountered in daily life.
Everyone's heart speeds up or slows down under different conditions and may on occasion appear to flutter or miss a beat. These palpitations are usually...
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Study: iPods interfere with pacemakers
A high school student working with doctors on a research project has found that iPods--the popular music players made by Apple--may cause heart... Read more »
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and pacemaker manufacturers have confirmed that emissions from readers of radio frequency identification... Read more »
iPods don't interfere with pacemakers, study finds
iPods and other digital music players don't interfere with pacemaker, scientists say, a finding that contradicts a 2007 study. The May 2007 study... Read more »
Heart Pacemakers and ICD's Patient Guide
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Headphones and Pacemakers
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