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• Myth Mondays: Are iPods like lightning rods?

  
  Good for You! — Authority: 124
  Recently, some research has emerged that show how magnets inside of iPod-style headphones can interfere with implanted heart defibrillators and pacemakers.If you wear an implanted heart device, you can still rock your MP3 player and ear buds - just keep the cords and devices at least an inch from your device. But what ...
  21 hours ago

• Less Than 1 in 3 Bystanders in Toronto Who Witness a Cardiac Arrest Try to Help

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital working in conjunction with EMS services, paramedics and fire services across Ontario found that a bystander who attempts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can quadruple the survival rate to over 50%. But Dr. Laurie Morrison and the research team at Rescu (www.rescu.ca) have ...
  2 days ago

• To Their Own Devices

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 565
  Five years later, Medicare underwrites more than half of the $4 billion the nation now spends annually on defibrillators, but the agency is no closer to knowing how many lives that big investment is saving. That is because the device companies did not finance the study beyond their initial $4 million commitment, and ...
  3 days ago

• Defibrillators and Video Pill Endoscopies Can Mix

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 555
  A radiofrequency interference myth debunked : A new Mayo Clinic study suggests that video capsule endoscopy (CE), a procedure that uses wireless technology in diagnosing intestinal disease, is safe for patients with heart devices. Wireless electrical gadgets, such as cell phones, have been shown to interfere with ...
  1 week ago

• AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Locator For Your iPhone

  
  Better Health — Authority: 602
  Have you ever wondered what happens if there is a serious situation and you need an automated external defibrillator? According to Wikipedia : An automated external defibrillator or AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular ...
  1 week ago

• Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lawsuits in Minnesota State Court Dismissed

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 553
  A Minnesota judge has dismissed all state court lawsuits against the Medtronic over its recalled Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads . The decision follows a similar dismissal of the federal Sprint Fidelis litigation in January, based on the argument that the medical device manufacturer are immune from liability for ...
  2 weeks ago

• CSI Chicago: Murder Victims Identified by Pacemaker Information

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 555
  In a sad case here in Chicago, it is interesting to note that a persons pacemaker can help identify them if no other means of identification exists following a homicide: Ruby and Milton McClendons bodies were discovered about 12:30 p.m. Monday in the Wentworth Woods of the Cook County Forest Preserve off Campbell ...
  2 weeks ago

• Compassionate professional for my assistance

  
  Word Report — Authority: 136
  I am a volunteer of a non-profit organization in Minneapolis. We have organized various fund raising events to help people in need. Recently, one of my friends said that his father got Medtronic defibrillator to correct the slow heart beat pattern. And he started crying. I couldn’t understand the reason behind his ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Rationer

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 555
  Every cardiac electrophysiologist has been there: a relatively young individual in their 50’s presents to the Emergency Room short of breath, sitting bolt upright in bed and is found to be in congestive heart failure. This is not their first admission; several others have come before and each with a common theme: a ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Does an Implanted Defibrillator Work?

  
  Digg health blog — Authority: 167
  An implantd; defiЬrillator, or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, is а dөvice surgca;lly placed into a patient’s chest that senses and correсts іrregular heaгt rhүthms through automatic electrical impυlses sent via a cοmputer in te; deνice. An implanted defibrillator is typically needd; to correct ...
  7 weeks ago

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