Scientists have found a way to pick the best pacemaker for each patient, potentially making them last years longer.

In a short operation yesterday, surgeons replaced the pacemaker of a 115-year-old Baltimore man. The battery in the original one, implanted when John E. Bell was 104, had run out. Because of his ...

If your heart beats too slowly or gets out of rhythm, a pacemaker can send an electrical pulse to that muscle and get it back on track. To do that, pacemakers need generators with batteries, and ...

In 2012, John K (name withheld on request) received a pacemaker implant in his heart. Fast forward to January 2022, 74-year-old John underwent the pacemaker battery replacement surgery at a local ...

Nebraska men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will undergo a medical procedure this Friday. The Huskers' head coach will have his pacemaker replaced. This will be the second pacemaker to be replaced ...

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 ...

The newest, smallest pacemaker comes with no strings attached—literally. A research team at Rice University, the Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine recently created a heartbeat ...