A game-changing wireless pacemaker that reduces the risk of painful complications is being offered to patients on the NHS. Traditional pacemakers use wires and a generator under the skin to keep the ...

In one sense we can be grateful to the hackers who launched the WannaCry virus which led to one of the most devastating cyber attacks on the NHS to date. It proved that cyber-security is not just ...

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6.1 About 25,000 pacemakers are implanted every year in the UK; three quarters of these are first implants, and one quarter are replacements. 6.2 The current hardware cost of pacemaker implantation ...

Last week Jonathan Osborne, outgoing chairman of the Welsh consultants' committee, argued that all is not well in the NHS. Last week Jonathan Osborne, outgoing chairman of the Welsh consultants' ...

In the normal heart, the lower chambers (ventricles) pump at the same time and in sync with the heart's upper chambers (atria). Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), also called biventricular ...

If you have a pacemaker, you know how much it’s changed your life, but many people in low and middle-income countries don’t have access to that same treatment. The reasons are simple: pacemakers are ...