Mobile Phones can confuse pacemakers signals

The low-frequency signals emitted by the new generation of cell phones can interfere with many types of heart pacemakers, according to a new study in the Institute of Physics journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, reports Wireless News Factor. "Pacemakers can confuse mobile-phone signals with the heart's own electrical signals, causing a malfunction".

The Istituto Superiore di Sanita of Rome recommends that pacemakers be fitted with a ceramic filter, which would solve this problem.

emily | 2:23 AM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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