Pacemakers are used to regulate the heart — but they're also used elsewhere. Pacemakers are available for the brain, stomach and also the bladder. It's believed at least 50 million people deal with an ...

Despite being at higher risk of complications overall, Medicare beneficiaries who receive a Micra leadless pacemaker (Medtronic) fare better than those implanted with traditional transvenous systems, ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways Pacemakers are sensitive to electric and magnetic fields found in numerous devices and machinery.If you have a pacemaker, avoid electromagnetic ...

The first unexpected power failure in a Medtronic InSync III pacemaker didn't set off the alarm bells. But by the fourth time, doctors at the Minneapolis Heart Institute knew they had to act quickly.

Apple has tentatively revealed that the new iPhones with their MagSafe wireless chargers might interfere with pacemakers. In a new support document, Apple has said that while the new iPhones are “not ...

The sinoatrial node is "part of the heart, but a very specialized part of the heart," Mark Anderson told BioWorld Today. The cells that make up the pacemaker are different from normal cells, he ...

Julie Bowen, known worldwide as Claire Dunphy from Modern Family, discovered her heart problem in her late 20s, just as her ...

A Green Country teen is starting to get his energy back after getting a pacemaker earlier this year. Hunter Parrick, 17, is one of the youngest people in Oklahoma to undergo a new type of surgery ...

Heart problems are nothing new. Humans have been fascinated by electrocardiography since the era of Hippocrates (via St. Luke's Hospital Cardiology Department). With each passing century, medicine's ...