Once more, we witnessed the dark side of internet when it comes to non critical news, and how some websites like to spread a story without bringing much criticism to ensure large exposure and audience. A study authored by a 17-year-old high school student and "supervised" by researchers at the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute at Michigan State University claims that Apples iPod music player could interfere with pacemakers. Nothing new in summary!
Indeed, without mentioning the small number of patients enrolled in this study, making all results and conclusions statistically questionable or non significant, we should also mention that there was no other digital music players tested! Something really surprising for a so called-scientific study
In addition the conclusion correlated with more serious studies performed over years, as early as the pacemakers were invented and massively used to prevent cardiac disorders in patients: as a micro-electric device, all pacemakers are sensitive to exte
