Pacemakers Can Avert Fatal Attack in Some Epilepsy Patients
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Cardiac pacemakers could help reduce the high incidence of sudden death among those with epilepsy, a British study indicates. Four of 20 patients monitored
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"Natural" heart pacemakers made from human stem cells have been successfully tested in pigs.
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When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them &#151; with no good research on which works better.
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Heart cells grown from human embryonic stem cells have the potential to be biological pacemakers. Researchers at the Technion Institute in Haifa, Israel have demonstrated that when the embryonic
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The risk of people with epilepsy suffering a major injury during seizures is low, US researchers say. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found 39 of 247 people with epilepsy were hurt during seizures, but 80% of the injuries were minor.
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NEW YORK  - Two people found unconscious in very cold conditions were revived using an external pacemaker to speed up their heart rate, among other measures, according to a new report.
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Portable media players such as iPods are unlikely to interfere with heart pacemakers, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration researcher reported on Thursday.
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A tiny tent-like device implanted into the heart appears to block strokes caused by a common irregular heartbeat, sealing off a spot where dangerous blood clots form, German and U.S. researchers reported ...
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In recent years, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have entered public spaces to treat someone suffering what bystanders may assume is a heart attack: Clutching the chest, the victim collapses, unconscious.
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Stress can prove fatal for people with &#39;faulty wiring&#39; between the brain and the heart, research has suggested. Those at risk could suffer heart failure at emotionally stressful events such as family gatherings or New Year parties, experts warn.
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The risk of people with epilepsy suffering a major injury during seizures is low, US researchers say.
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Implanting defibrillators in patients just weeks after a heart attack does not improve their chances of survival, according to an international study.
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Implanting a pacemaker could save the lives of some patients with epilepsy who suffer dangerously irregular heart rhythms during seizures, researchers said on Friday.
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Learning through tests that oneâs defibrillator has a faulty lead can create agonizing decisions for patients and doctors.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble  antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of  episodes of dangerous heart rates in patients with implanted  defibrillators, and the need for uncomfortable shocks from the  devices in a late-stage clinical trial.
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Scientists have identified a link between the brain and heart that can make a person die from too much excitement. About 20% of sudden deaths due to heart malfunction are thought to arise from emotional stress.
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Electrical stimulation of the  vagus nerve, which originates in the brain and then branches  widely throughout the neck, chest and abdomen, seems to help  some people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.