beware! Programmable shunt valve affected by exposure to ipad  (No Comments)

We are just using electronic gadgets because we like it or we need it. But have we ever think about that how they can effect our body? I think 75% people dont think about it. Many electronics gadgets have very strong radiation. “Tablet devices may alter programmable shunt valve settings,” thus concludes a study just published online in theJournal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. Although it may seem far-fetched to study the effect of the small magnets embedded in an iPad on programmable shunt devices used in children to treat hydrocephalus, this study was actually initiated after a 4-month-old girl presented with altered shunt settings, presumably due to her mother holding an iPad while holding her baby at the same time. (Read More)