As the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, continues, a cardiologist explains how pacemakers work and if they can be ...

Information about Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker helped authorities piece together a new timeline in her kidnapping. Can the devices track you?

Dr. Srihari S. Naidu speaks with Parade to answer all our questions about pacemakers.

Dr. Myerburg answers the question: 'Can A Pacemaker Strengthen My Heart?' — -- Question: I have heard that pacemakers can strengthen my heart, is this true? Answer :Pacemakers of a certain ...

Your heart runs on electricity! Discover how tiny sparks keep it beating — and how Buffalo inventor Wilson Greatbatch’s “happy accident” led to the pacemaker, a life-saving device that changed ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...

The world’s tiniest pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves after ...

Scientists have designed a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s body when its work is done, the latest advance in the emerging field of bioelectronics. In a paper ...

Pacemaker implantation is a procedure that helps regulate irregular heart rhythms. The common conditions leading to the procedure in women differ from those in men. Following pacemaker implantation, ...