Here are five things to know. 1. For the study, research exposed 119 people with pacemakers to electric and magnetic fields with frequencies of 50 to 60 hertz — similar to levels used by power grids.

Current medical guidelines have prompted implementation of increasing numbers of implantable rhythm devices, be they pacemakers, internal cardioverter–defibrillators or loop recorders. These devices ...

Dr. Block: I'm with Bill Spencer from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Dr. Spencer is an expert on pacing, including new pacemakers and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillators ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Using cell phones near hospital beds or important equipment is dangerous and could switch off ventilators or disrupt pacemakers, Dutch researchers said on Thursday. The University ...

The authors combined graphene, polypropylene, and nanoclay to create novel biomaterials to use in the outlet gate of brain and heart pacemakers, the component responsible for controlling and ...