Oct. 8 -- WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a defibrillator in the first weeks after a heart attack does not improve survival, a major European study shows. Fewer deaths from sudden ...

LANSING — A new type of heart defibrillator was implanted for the first time in Michigan during a December procedure at E.W. Sparrow Hospital. The device is able to give a more normal life to people ...

An estimated 90% of cardiac arrests outside of hospitals end in death. The city of North Augusta wants to change that.

A Ramsbottom man who survived a sudden cardiac arrest on holiday has helped to install a new public defibrillator on his garage wall in Ramsbottom ...

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

GREELEY, Colorado, Jan. 22-- Aims Community College issued the following current news: Aims Community College's EMS program received a Zoll X Series Cardiac Monitor / Defibrillator donated from ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- You can shop over the Internet, pay bills, score a date for Saturday night and have your heart defibrillator checked there, too. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a ...

CHICAGO - One in five heart defibrillators may be implanted for questionable reasons without solid evidence that the devices will help, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. Implanted ...

Bin lorries in East Yorkshire have been fitted with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to help people suffering from a cardiac arrest. Crews have also been given training in using the devices ...

Hamilton Medical Center’s cardiac team is the first in the region to introduce the world’s smallest defibrillation lead for patient care — a tool designed to help recipients keep implanted ...

The funding, announced by First Minister John Swinney, will provide targeted support to improve cardiac arrest survival rates in communities with the poorest outcomes.