A very lucky police dog and very thankful corrections officer are back together patrolling the cell blocks of Rikers Island thanks to the help of a pacemaker ... the blood flow in the same ...

"I have a pacemaker and I know that I am not supposed to be anywhere close to high radio frequency equipment of any kind," said Morris. Cell phone towers emit radio frequency radiation. Dr ...

Kevin Yackle, MD, PhD Just as our heartbeat is controlled by pacemaker cells in the heart, our breathing is regulated by a cluster of a few thousand cells in the brainstem known as the preBötzinger ...

You probably know enough to back up a few feet when using the microwave if you have a cardiac rhythm device such as a pacemaker implanted in your chest. Holding your iPad too close could also ...

Genetically modified cells that respond to light can be used to stimulate heart tissue to beat, new research reveals. A light-powered pacemaker would use less power than an artificial one ...

U.S. scientists have created a “biological” pacemaker to keep the heart beating ... “The TBX18 gene converts ordinary heart cells, of which there are billions in the human heart, into ...

one cell -- the pacemaker cell -- beats faster or slower to induce a rhythmic heartbeat that varies to increase or decrease the blood flow to the body as we eat, sleep or exercise. "Disturbances ...

The world's first optical pacemaker has been devised. Powerful, but very short, laser pulses can help control the beating of heart muscle cells. The world's first optical pacemaker has been devised.

Self-starter A gene inserted into ordinary heart cells transformed them into rare "pacemaker" cells that regulate cardiac rhythm, according to experiments carried out on lab rodents. The research ...

A gene inserted into ordinary heart cells transformed them into rare “pacemaker” cells that regulate cardiac rhythm, according to experiments carried out on lab rodents. The research is a step ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Implantable electronic pacemakers are some of the most common heart procedures done every year. But what if doctors could turn your own cells into pacemakers? Around ...