Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have designed a solar panel-like pacemaker that can precisely control heartbeats. Eugene Mymrin/Moment via Getty Images ...

A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

While modern pacemakers have proven an invaluable and lifesaving medical tool, the way they regulate the pace of the heart differs from the varying beat of the organ in a healthy individual.

Recycled pacemakers can function as well as new devices, according to a new study. These used and reconditioned devices have the potential to increase access to pacemaker therapy in low- and ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses the regeneration of the cardiovascular system. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

Edward Hill of Rindge has battled Fabry's disease for most of his 60 years. The rare inherited disorder affects Hill and nine of his 12 siblings, compromising the breakdown of fat and jeopardizing ...

Millions of Americans spend weeks recovering from heart surgery and other operations to repair brain and bone injuries every year. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Chicago, ...

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart's naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Zealand heart patients this year. A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the ...

The pacemaker is being reinvented. Originally, it was developed to remedy heart rhythm irregularities by use of electrical stimulation. The first pacemaker was implanted 66 years ago, in 1958. About ...

Pengju Li consults to the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. He receives funding from the University of Chicago. By harnessing light, my colleagues and I designed a wireless, ultrathin ...