The Hindu : Health / Medicine & Research : Study identifies iPad danger for brain shunt devices: "Researchers found that the magnets can change the valve settings if held within 5 centimetres of the valve, causing a valve malfunction until the problem is recognised and the valve is adjusted to the proper setting.
The study was undertaken after when one of the researchers’ patients, a 4-month-old girl, experienced a shunt malfunction after her mother used an iPad2 while holding her.
Despite their findings, the researchers stressed that the iPad 2 could still be used safely with the same precautions that would normally be employed around other household magnets"
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
iPad first, baby shunted
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