Doctors and patients alike can heart-ly believe that researchers developed a wireless pacemaker that can dissolve in the body. The pacemaker is for patients who need temporary assistance to regulate ...

LONDON - A tiny, wireless pacemaker could offer some heart patients a surgery-free alternative to the traditional devices, a new study says. Some doctors, however, say there are lingering safety ...

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Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers— miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery. In a study of 725 patients, one of ...

Surgeons at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, NY supposedly performed the first U.S. implantation of a pacemaker linked to a wireless home monitoring system, allowing the patient's physician to check ...

For more than 30 years, boston teacher karen pekowitz lived with wires, surgeries, and the constant fear that came with traditional pacemakers.Now, thanks to a ...

Some doctors, however, say there are lingering safety questions and warned patients not to rush to get the new technology. Unlike traditional pacemakers - which need a generator and wires and are ...

NEW ORLEANS – The world’s smallest pacemaker, which is about the same size of a pill, is now an option for patients with heart problems in New Orleans. The Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, or Micra ...

LONDON --Frances Rodgers used to get winded just walking up a short flight of stairs. “I’d stop, take a few breaths and then I was all right to go on a bit,” she said. The 70-year-old, who suffered ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers — miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery. In a study of 725 ...