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New device aids patients with pacemakers
24 May 2012, 12:00 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. • For many, it's a medical conundrum: The very
pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from having an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly.
New device allows pacemaker patients to safely undergo MRIs
23 May 2012, 3:11 pm
Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- For many, its a medical conundrum: The very
pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from undergoing an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove dea...
New device allows pacemaker patients to get MRIs
23 May 2012, 3:22 am
For many, it's a medical conundrum: The very
pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from undergoing an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly.
Device lets pacemaker patients safely undergo MRIs
20 May 2012, 11:50 pm
For many, it's a medical conundrum: The very
pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from undergoing an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly.
Boston Scientific’s Ingenio pacemaker wins FDA approval
18 May 2012, 7:32 pm
Boston Scientific Corp.’s Ingenio and Advantio
pacemakers won US approval to treat abnormally slow heartbeats, clearing the way for sales of devices that have been in development for a decade. The
pacemakers are designed to help the heart adjust to demands from physical exercise and ease shortness of breath during walking, climbing stairs, or other activities. The Natick-based company said it ...
Your Health: MRI-safe pacemaker
11 May 2012, 12:56 pm
Researchers have come up with a
pacemaker that can stand the rigors of an MRI machine. Learn more about it in this edition of Your Health.
Off-Limits No More! MRI Safe pacemaker
2 May 2012, 9:24 am
BACKGROUND : A
pacemaker is a device that is placed in the chest to help control abnormal heart beats. It uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat normally. Usually,
pacemakers are used to treat arrhythmias (problems with the heart rate or rhythm of the heartbeat). During arrhythmias the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body causing other symptoms like fatigue ...
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Myanmar president feeling ill, resting at home - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 1:57 am
Thein Sein has a heart condition and reportedly traveled to Singapore earlier this year for a new
pacemaker. Since taking office in March 2011, Thein Sein has won international praise for overseeing Myanmar's transition from military rule to ...
New device aids patients with pacemakers - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
23 May 2012, 11:52 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. • For many, it's a medical conundrum: The very
pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from having an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly. In fact, about ...
A pacemaker for Mental Illness? - Bioscience Technology
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
With a crackle, a hiss and a low background hum, the sounds of one mouse thinking are coming in at the rate of one data point every 1.6 milliseconds for each of 96 individual neurons firing information along the brain's neural networks. In the lab of Kafui ...
Making peace with a pacemaker - Bangkok Post
21 May 2012, 2:22 pm
Heart muscle weakness can be caused by many things. Most heart diseases, if left unattended, will eventually lead to heart muscle weakness. The result is the heart can not pump enough blood, causing heart failure in the end. In the past, when treating ...
New pacemaker allows patients to undergo MRIs - Abc Local Web
16 May 2012, 8:18 pm
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Performed 60 million times worldwide each year, an MRI is one the best diagnostic tools doctors can use. "MRI scans have become the cornerstone of imaging for virtually every part of the body," said Dr. Marc Silver, a cardiologist.
pacemaker for the brain could treat Alzheimer's - KTAR.com
11 May 2012, 9:11 am
PHOENIX -- Banner Alzheimer's Institute will soon begin testing a new device that could treat the disease. It's called a Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) and it acts like a
pacemaker. A small battery pack is surgically inserted beneath the collar bone and two ...
