A brain pacemaker helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more people
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| 2/21/24 | Laura Ungar
NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She
knew the illness could kill her. Both of her parents had taken their lives. She was willing to try something extreme: Having electrodes implanted in her brain as part of an experimental therapy. Researchers say the treatment —- called deep brain stimulation, or DBS — could eventually help many of the nearly 3 million Americans like her with depression that resists other treatments. It’s approved for conditions...
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Heart Pacemaker Manufacturer Warns users to Keep Distance from EV Charging Stations
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Daily Fetched ^
| September 23, 2022 | By: Jason Walsh
As Electric vehicle (EV) mandates are currently being considered in at least 17 states, there is a growing list of issues associated with them, like having a pacemaker fitted. Americans
who use a pacemaker are particularly at risk when using charging stations. The Leading Manufacturer of Heart Pacemakers (Medtronic) has recommended that its users distance themselves at least 12 inches from electric vehicle charging stations, according to The Environmental Health Trust. Medtronic also warns its users to stay away from electric fences, electric pet containment fences, and transformer boxes. For Implantable Cardiac Devices Most household and hobby items are unlikely...
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John Fetterman to undego procedure to implant pacemaker days after suffering stroke
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WTAE ^
| 5/17/2022 | Pittsburgh's Action News 4
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, is set to undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker with defibrillator, his campaign said...
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COVID Can Infect Pacemaker Cells That Maintain the Heart’s Rhythm, Setting Off a Self-Destruction Process
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https://scitechdaily.com ^
| APRIL 9, 2022 | By WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
Are COVID-19-linked arrhythmias caused by viral damage to the heart’s pacemaker cells? The
SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart’s rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within the cells, according to a preclinical study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The findings offer a possible explanation for the heart arrhythmias that are commonly observed in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the study, reported on March 8, 2022, in Circulation Research, the researchers used an animal model as well as human stem cell-derived pacemaker cells to show that...
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Mike Pence has surgery to get pacemaker implanted after former vice president had issues with slow heart rate
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The Sun ^
| 4/15/2021 | Luke Kenton
FORMER Vice President Mike Pence underwent surgery to have a pacemaker implanted on Wednesday after experiencing "symptoms with a slow heart rate" over the last two weeks. The
61-year-old underwent the procedure at a Virginia hospital yesterday and is now recovering, his office said in a statement.
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Former VP Mike Pence recovering after receiving a pacemaker
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NY Post ^
| April 15, 2021 | 2:48pm | Post Staff
Mike Pence has had a pacemaker implanted during a procedure in Indiana, the former VP’s office said Thursday. “I am grateful for the swift professionalism and care of the outstanding doctors, nurses and staff at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute,” the ex-veep said in the statement.
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New technology at UNM medical center combines pacemaker, defibrillator
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KOB4 ^
| January 20, 2018 | Emily Jaceks
It's one of the most serious conditions, and a costly one for patients. Heart
failure happens when the heart can't pump enough blood and oxygen to the body, leaving those who suffer feeling absolutely terrible. “Well I did feel a bit tired, you know, fatigued when I did do things," Lawrence Longo said. New technology at UNM medical center combines pacemaker, defibrillator Longo says he's been through it all; the weight gain due to fluid retention, the shortness of breath, days when he said he felt like dying. He had a pacemaker installed, but it wasn't helping. So doctors recommended...
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Cops use pacemaker data to charge homeowner with arson, insurance fraud
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Journal-News.com ^
Police set out to disprove Compton’s story about the fire by obtaining a search warrant to collect data from Compton’s pacemaker. WLWT5
reported that the cops wanted to know “Compton’s heart rate, pacer demand and cardiac rhythms before, during and after the fire.” On Friday, Jan. 27, the Journal-News reported that court documents stated: “A cardiologist who reviewed that data determined ‘it is highly improbable Mr. Compton would have been able to collect, pack and remove the number of items from the house, exit his bedroom window and carry numerous large and heavy items to the front of his residence...
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