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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electrocardiograms, or ECGs, record the electrical activity of your heart. Randy Faris/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your ...

The University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, with help from the My Heart Your Heart program, will provide recycled pacemakers to patients overseas who cannot afford new ones. A pacemaker ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A University of Michigan program recycles pacemakers after death for reimplantation in low- and middle-income ...

If you recently got a pacemaker due to an arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat), heart failure, or bradycardia (a heart that beats too slowly), you might have concerns about getting back into exercise.

Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Providence St. Joseph, issued statements on the same day to tout successful implants of a new wireless pacemaker from ...

Tom Derrington, 65, was increasingly having trouble walking up the four flights of stairs on the CapMetro construction site where he works. He was out of breath. His feet were so swollen they hurt on ...

NICE recommends leadless cardiac pacemakers as the standard of care for people with slow heart rhythms.NICE has issued final guidance recommending leadless cardiac pacemakers as the standard of care ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Virginia Singla, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) Your heart's job is to ...