In a rare surgery in India, a seven-year-old cat named Pillu received a pacemaker at a Pune veterinary clinic on Monday. Pillu's heart rate had dangerously dropped to the 50s, far below the normal ...

Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world. Though the device is still years away from being used in humans, it could eventually be useful for infants with ...

Leadless pacemakers are considered a low-risk alternative to single-lead pacemakers (SL-PPMs). In 2021, the FDA issued a warning regarding leadless pacemakers because of increased morbidity and ...

For Stephan Fihn, the reward was seeing how Veterans Affairs research changed his patients’ lives. “A big one was the management of prostate enlargement. You know, when I went into practice, the ...

For Stephan Fihn, the reward was seeing how Veterans Affairs research changed his patients' lives. "A big one was the management of prostate enlargement. You know, when I went into practice, the ...

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A ground-breaking procedure at the Royal Victoria Infirmary saw surgeons become the first in the UK to implant a new "pacemaker for the brain" to treat epilepsy. A team, led by Tyneside ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He ...

The Aveir single-chamber (VR) leadless pacemaker [Image courtesy of Abbott] Abbott (NYSE: ABT) + today announced data from an acute clinical feasibility study of its Aveir Conduction System Pacing ...