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For more than 30 years, boston teacher karen pekowitz lived with wires, surgeries, and the constant fear that came with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For 15-year-old Brandon ...

A pacemaker is a small device that can send electrical signals to your heart. Here's who needs a pacemaker and how it works.

PERSON IN MASSACHUSETTS TO GET IT. HI, DOCTOR ROSEN, GOOD MORNING. KAREN PESKOWITZ IS NO STRANGER TO EXAM ROOMS OR HOSPITALS. THE WELLESLEY MOM AND TEACHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HEART CONDITION IN ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin aims to lower that number by using guideline-based ...

Scientists have developed a self-dissolving pacemaker for heart patients who need the heartbeat-regulating device for a short period of time. The wireless device is designed in part to aid patients ...

During the 1980s Mayo Clinic implanters had a practice of using VVI pacemakers in SSS patients who had retrograde AV block, on the assumption that those patients would be resistant to pacemaker ...

Half of all pacemakers implanted in the United States are for patients aged 75 years and older. The expectations and needs of an older group are different from patients who are younger, yet it is only ...