A man who had a pacemaker fitted when he was just nine years old has gone on to complete two marathons. Kieran Cooper, of Blackpool, Lancashire, was born with a heart condition and was never allowed ...
If your heart beats too slowly or gets out of rhythm, a pacemaker can send an electrical pulse to that muscle and get it back on track. To do that, pacemakers need generators with batteries, and ...
A recent study found that wireless pacemakers could be an effective and safe short-term treatment for children with slow heartbeats, U.S. News & World Report reported April 11. The study, published in ...
Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.
A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...
A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University near Chicago could play a sizeable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black ...
A former county-level Gaelic footballer from Co Down, who was forced to have a pacemaker fitted at just 20 years of age, is encouraging others to ‘Walk For Hearts’ this February, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She knew the illness ...