Your heart has an internal pacemaker called the sinus node. It's a group of cells, located on top of your heart, that sends electrical signals into the heart and controls your heartbeat. Sometimes, ...

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times ...

Doctors are calling a first-of-its kind wireless pacemaker a game changer, saying the newly-approved device will help keep heart patients alive. Barry Lawrence, a 77-year-old Orange County resident, ...

Dr. Friedman answers the question: 'Types Of Pacemakers, Best Candidates?' — -- Question: What are the different kinds of pacemakers and is there a special kind for each person? Answer :A ...

A pacemaker is an electric medical device that’s generally about the size of a matchbox. A surgeon implants it under your skin to help manage irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias. Pacemakers can ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it.

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

A man died after his pacemaker, installed just over a year earlier, became infected, an inquest heard. Derek John Everiss ...

"Last Monday, I had surgery for a pacemaker and became a little bit more of a machine," he announced on his podcast. By Lexy Perez Associate Editor On Monday’s episode of his Arnold’s Pump Club ...

The 8-year-old yellow Labrador lies obediently on the stainless steel exam table, tail wagging, as Dr. Henry Green monitors the dog's heart rhythm - every beat of which is guided by a pacemaker ...