The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns ...

Researchers at Northwestern developed a temporary pacemaker that’s so small, it can be inserted via a syringe—and will ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice. Designed for ...

Biomedical engineers create a rice-grain sized, injectable pacemaker dissolving after temporary use, ideal for newborns with ...

Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self defense can potentially interact with cardiac ...

"We have developed what is, to our knowledge, the world's smallest pacemaker," said Northwestern bioelectronics pioneer John A. Rogers, who led the device development.

A heavy electrical charge delivered by a taser could cause a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator to malfunction, researchers ...

A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it.

Prosecutors are asking a judge to exclude Jacob Miller's pacemaker in his upcoming trial. The Boise man is accused of running over two women with his car downtown.

Heart failure was keeping Chuck Moon from living life to the fullest, but that all changed when he took advantage of a new device.

In groundbreaking news for patients with movement disorders, neurologists with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are among the nation's first to use technology that enables ...