The world’s tiniest pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and ...

A dissolvable pacemaker that’s smaller than a grain of rice and powered by light could become an invaluable tool for saving the lives of newborn infants., The device can be implanted ...

A pacemaker is an implanted device that gives small electrical signals to treat slow heartbeats. A pacemaker is different than an implantable defibrillator, in that an implanted defibrillator, in ...

In 2012, Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, died from complications following heart surgery. His doctors had implanted a temporary pacemaker. When the pacemaker wires were later ...

A pacemaker that is too large can lead to "more complications" in patients, Kumar said. It can move around the body, or the thin wires connecting it to the heart can break.

Scientists at Northwestern University unveiled the world's smallest pacemaker. The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital ...

When a pacemaker is pacing the heart, in most circumstances, the patient is unaware of the tiny electrical impulse that is delivered to the heart to pace it. So in most instances, you do not feel ...

Netanyahu underwent surgery to have pacemaker fitted. Here’s why, and what it will do Premier has small battery-powered cardiac pacing device implanted to prevent heart from beating too slowly ...

An estimated 200,000 Australians have a pacemaker or defibrillator implanted in them. Pacemakers could be interfered with by the magnetic field created by induction stoves. ( ABC News: Andrew Kos ) ...