A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves. A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from ...

Researchers at Rice University and the Texas Heart Institute have created the internal components for a battery-free pacemaker, designed to be inserted directly into the heart and free of wires. The ...

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated ...

Pacemakers have saved the lives of many heart patients, but they need batteries. When a battery runs low, the only option is to replace it surgically, which is expensive and carries the risk of ...

Millions of people have benefited from pacemakers since the first one was implanted in 1958, but the basics facets of the design have remained unchanged. These ...

LOS ANGELES >> Dodgers Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda underwent surgery Thursday to replace the pacemaker in his heart. The procedure was confirmed by the Dodgers on Friday morning. The team added in a ...

At Big Ten Media Days in Chicago Thursday, Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg shared an update on his status after undergoing a recent heart procedure to replace his pacemaker. “I feel really good,” ...

Scientists say they've taken a first step toward creating a pacemaker that runs on the heart's own energy rather than batteries. Pacemakers are electronic devices implanted to regulate your heartbeat ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is acknowledging for the first time that Pope Benedict XVI has had a pacemaker for years and that its battery was replaced a few months ago in secret. Vatican spokesman Rev.