(WNDU) - A healthy heart beats 60 to 100 beats per minute, but when that rate slows down, patients require a pacemaker. Traditional versions are bulky and need two ...

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how do they work? Pacemakers can save the lives of heart patients by ...

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 ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...

The human heart is a highly complex pump made of muscle, complete with its own electric power system, supplying the energy and oxygen it needs to function. The heart’s pumping action is regulated by ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The My Heart Your Heart study compared reconditioned pacemakers with that of new pacemakers among patients in ...

(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 ...