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Israeli PM Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem

World Jul 24

Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s yearslong heart problem only after implanting pacemaker

By Isabel Debre, Associated Press

Health Aug 31

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This dissolvable pacemaker could make heart surgery less invasive

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, researchers are working on a novel approach to aid in…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman

Nation Apr 15

Former Vice President Pence undergoes surgery to implant pacemaker

His office says that Wednesday's operation in Virginia went well and that Pence "is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days."…

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Health May 29

Symbiotic pacemaker runs on a tiny generator (pictured) powered by the heart. Photo via “Symbiotic Cardiac Pacemaker,”by Han Ouyang et al., in Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Article No. 1821; 2019
How this new pacemaker harvests energy from the heart

Scientists have successfully tested a heartbeat-powered pacemaker in living pigs, whose hearts are similar to humans’ in size and function.

By Harini Barath, Scientific American

Nation Sep 18

Dustbusters, pacemakers and seven other inventions NASA science made possible

NASA announced this week that the agency would partner with the private sector to send astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency awarded contracts to aerospace companies, Boeing and SpaceX. Together, they will send commercial crews into…

By Laura Santhanam

Jun 29

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Cheney May Get Pacemaker

Vice President Dick Cheney has been experiencing irregular heart rhythms and will check into the hospital on Saturday for tests.

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