MOUNTAIN TOP — At 94, retired attorney and judge Conrad Amend enjoys playing checkers with his 10-year-old grandson, Ashton, listening to his 13-year-old granddaughter, Lauren, play the piano, and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The world’s tiniest pacemaker has received FDA approval. It’s the first pacemaker with no wires, and the first that’s not implanted just under the skin. This one goes directly into ...

Medtronic recently unveiled its leadless pacemaker, which is still in development. Medtronic unveiled its eagerly anticipated leadless pacemaker at the TEDMED conference last week and already has ...

Data from the LEADLESS II study also highlighted the St. Jude Medical Nanostim leadless pacemaker’s retrievability, projected longevity and the promising future of leadless pacing ST. PAUL, Minn. & ...

Data from the LEADLESS II study also highlighted the St. Jude Medical Nanostim leadless pacemaker’s retrievability, projected longevity and the promising future of leadless pacing St. Jude Medical, ...

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 ...

Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation. The study ...

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 ...

Diaphragmatic pacing is a treatment that improves breathing for people who rely on a mechanical ventilator. It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm ...

Generally, pacemakers improve quality of life for individuals who have a condition causing bradycardia, or a slowed heart rate. However, because there is an electrical device implanted near your heart ...

Complete healing from pacemaker surgery can take up to 6 weeks. However, people may need to restrict themselves from certain activities, such as heavy lifting, for longer. Factors such as age and ...

You do not want to be behind John Walsh at an airport or at the courthouse or even at Wal-Mart. Why? Because the computer chip implanted in Walsh's brain and the neurostimulator implanted in his ...