It might be possible for people with an older pacemaker to safely get an MRI after all. A new study suggests that avoiding a scan of the chest and reprogramming the pacemaker before and after the scan ...

At first Jessika Seward balked at getting a pacemaker because she thought they were just for old people. But when she realized there was no other way to treat her heart block, she readily agreed to ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...

MANCHESTER, Iowa — People here are more than a little perplexed at Saturday night’s bizarre attack in which a son is accused of removing a pacemaker from his father’s chest. “There’s a lot of ...

MANCHESTER, Iowa — Mental illness may explain why a rural Manchester man allegedly cut the pacemaker out of his father’s chest last weekend. Jesse Lewis Fierstine, 32, is charged with attacking his ...

Nov. 9 (UPI) --A pacemaker protype the size of an almond designed to make procedures for infants less invasive, less painful and more efficient has been tested on pigs. Dr. Rohan Kumthekar, a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MANCHESTER, Iowa — Authorities in northeast Iowa say a man faces charges accusing him of cutting a pacemaker out of his father’s chest. The Delaware County ...

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in northeast Iowa say a man faces charges accusing him of cutting a pacemaker out of his father’s chest. The Delaware County sheriff’s office says in a statement ...

A man in Texas has returned to authorities the pacemaker he carved from his dead mother’s chest, causing an evidence tampering charge against him to be dropped, prosecutors said Wednesday. “No one ...

Jessika Seward, then 22, felt a jolt of pain in her chest while working an overnight shift as a cardiac nurse in April 2023. At first, she brushed it off. But the pangs continued for a half hour and a ...