Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a heart rhythm disorder, you may have considered getting a pacemaker -- but you're wary of having a small electronic ...

A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

Scientists have designed a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s body when its work is done, the latest advance in the emerging field of bioelectronics. In a paper ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have overturned a key assumption in the biological pacemaker field. In a new preclinical study ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have overturned a key assumption in the biological pacemaker field. In a new preclinical study ...

Women suffering from heart failure derive more benefit than men do from a pacemaker treatment. But they are less likely than men to receive it, a new analysis shows. Cardiac resynchronization therapy ...

Researchers in Lausanne have developed a novel brain pacemaker designed to provide more targeted support for Parkinson’s ...

With the reliability of a quality wristwatch, pacemakers send out electric pulses to keep your heart beating at a steady rate ...