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News items on 'Pacemakers'
500,000th heart pacemaker fitted
(BBC 23/04/2009)
The 500,000th pacemaker operation in the UK has taken place - at the same hospital, St George's, London, which carried out the first such procedure in 1958. However, experts warn that although the UK was one of the first countries in the world to start implanting pacemakers, it has now fallen behind other European nations in the use of the devices.
Sandwiches 'caused fainting fits'
(BBC 19/12/2008)
British doctors have released details of a woman who regularly fainted after eating sandwiches or fizzy drinks. The 25-year-old experienced the episodes for around 10 years, but numerous medical tests had failed to find an explanation. She was found to have an unusual swallowing reflex which caused her heart to stop momentarily and was fitted with a pacemaker in January.
Pacemaker that is recharged by the heart is developed by scientists
(Daily Mail 11/11/2008)
A pacemaker that gets some of its power from the heart it is helping has been developed by British scientists.
MP3 earphones could prove fatal for heart patients, says report
(Daily Mail 09/11/2008)
Headphones on personal music players can cause pacemakers and defibrillators to malfunction, scientists have warned. Magnets in the earpieces can interfere with the signals the devices send to the heart, a U.S. study found. Patients could be putting their lives at risk by placing MP3 headphones in a breast pocket or draping them over their chest.
Scientists design shield to prevent deadly pacemaker hijack
(Daily Mail 20/08/2008)
A 'cloaking' device that stops computer hackers maliciously hijacking pacemakers' radio signals could save lives, say scientists. Doctors are increasingly using wireless pacemakers to monitor the regulation of patients' heartbeats, and can even adjust the settings remotely.
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