Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Pacemakers are not designed or approved to provide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacing system was named a top invention of 2023. The first implantation ...

CHICAGO — When a female patient received a pacemaker at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died shortly after with the brand-new and fully ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) the go-ahead on a clinical trial to test its next generation of MRI pacemaker technology, the Minnesota company announced Monday.

CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, ...

Though a Northwestern-developed quarter-size dissolvable pacemaker worked well in pre-clinical animal studies, cardiac surgeons asked if it was possible to make the device smaller. To reduce the size ...

A pacemaker, which unconfirmed media reports say Nancy Guthrie has, does not contain GPS and cannot be used to track a person's location. A pacemaker will continue to function even if it stops syncing ...