If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and ...

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

SUDDEN adult death syndrome (SADS) strikes around 500 people in the UK every year. It describes when someone’s heart stops ...

As thousands of people await a lifesaving heart, scientists are racing to buy them more time. A promising advance from scientists in Germany offers a potential solution.

The Deep Purple legend is set to play six shows in the US this Spring, but has been told not to fly by his cardiologist ...

While still years away from being tested in humans, the wireless pacemaker was hailed as a "transformative breakthrough" that could spur advances in other areas of medicine ...

Now, engineers at Northwestern University have developed what could have saved Armstrong’s life: the world’s smallest ...

Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal Nature.

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

A heart rate device inspired by Starfish can potentially solve the accuracy problems, detect serious cardiac issues, and solve a crucial power problem, too.

When we move, it's harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this problem. Inspired by how a ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...