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How do pacemakers and defibrillators work? A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical system of the heart

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed. If your heart’s ability to keep the beat starts to go awry, cardiac electrophysiologists like me look…

The Conversation

Patient one of first to be fitted with new pacemaker the size of a pen lid

Experts at University Hospital Southampton took just 30 minutes to fit the Aveir VR leadless pacemaker

The Independent UK

Israel’s Secrecy Surrounding Prime Minister’s Health Raises Questions

Critics argue for more transparency as Netanyahu undergoes pacemaker implantation

Zenger

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Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu's heart problem only after implanting pacemaker

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current medical crisis reveals that he has suffered from an irregular heartbeat for years

The Independent UK

Benjamin Netanyahu Discharged After Heart Procedure

Israeli PM undergoes cardiac pacemaker implantation ahead of crucial Knesset votes.

Zenger

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Receives Pacemaker Amidst Judicial Reform Protests

Netanyahu undergoes successful surgery as nationwide demonstrations intensify

Zenger

Israeli parliament approves measure limiting Supreme Court's curbs on government

Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to reshape the country’s justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society.

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Benjamin Netanyahu undergoes surgery to have pacemaker fitted

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Israel's Netanyahu recovers from heart procedure while tensions surge over judicial overhaul plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering in hospital after an emergency heart procedure as opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country

The Independent UK

Israel's Netanyahu is hospitalized to receive a pacemaker

In a short statement, Netanyahu's office said Israel's leader would be placed under sedation. A top deputy, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, was to stand in for him.

WEKU

'My husband's selfish children did not support him during cancer treatment - I'm annoyed'

Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader whose 79-year-old husband is in remission from cancer and lives with a pacemaker. She says his children's distance upsets him

Daily Mirror

Bannockburn cyclist prepares for gruelling trek in memory of tragic nephew

The 85 mile race will see riders move through Highland Perthshire - with Ed raising money for a children's charity.

Daily Record

79-year-old man with pacemaker climbs fifth highest mountain in the world

Makalu, at 27,825ft it is the fifth highest mountain in the world with a base camp as high as Mont Blanc, but it a mountain which is climbed far less often than other Himalayan peaks

Daily Mirror

Pub landlady, 87, says she's 'not old enough to retire' and plans to keep pouring pints

Judith Birkett has been in the pub trade for 40 years and wants to keep working despite needing pacemaker fitted.

Daily Record

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Wales Online

Meet the 90-year-old oldest goalkeeper in the world with a pacemaker and hip replacements — and is still going strong

Alan Camsell has no intention of stopping any time soon and is still flinging himself about between the sticks in Wales

Daily Mirror

Girl who died in park over Easter weekend had 'problem with her pacemaker', says witness

Mothers in the South Yorkshire park told of children running over and shouting "it's her pacemaker" - a device which sends electrical pulses to the heart to keep it beating regularly

The Independent UK

Silvio Berlusconi in intensive care in Milan hospital

Former PM has had a pacemaker for years

Glasgow Live

Glasgow man who had pacemaker fitted at five days old set to take on half marathon

Ross Falconer, 23, has had five further pacemaker operations during his lifetime and is running the marathon to raise money for the Glasgow hospital unit which saved his life.

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Evening Standard

New study suggests your smartwatch could be harming you

A new study confirms that certain smartwatch features are dangerous to use for people with pacemakers and other cardiac implants.

The Guardian - UK

Wearable fitness trackers could interfere with cardiac devices, study finds

Bioimpedance sensing technologies as used in smartwatches could affect implanted devices like pacemakers

Wales Online

'I was told three times by doctors that heart palpitations were anxiety - now I have a pacemaker'

Jade Cooke actually had a muscle disease and was at risk of cardiac arrest

Daily Record

West Lothian vet saves life of beloved pet when the chips were down

VSS in Livingston fitted an emergency pacemaker to 10-year-old whippet, Chips

ABC News

Pacemaker users advised to avoid induction stoves over interference fears surrounding magnetic fields

They are fast becoming one of the most popular new kitchen appliances, but around 200,000 Australians have to avoid them while they are in operation.

The Independent UK

Pensioner says ‘do not resuscitate’ order was signed without his permission after hospital seizure

Pat Burke, 82, was visiting the QEQM hospital in Margate, Kent, for a routine check-up on his pacemaker when he had a seizure in the waiting room

Glasgow Live

Glasgow cancer survivor 'won't let kids down' with free Santa's Grotto despite life-changing surgery

Linda Dempster is set to have a pacemaker on her bowel fitted next week, however, she is currently focussed on ensuring the kids of Possilpark have an unforgettable Christmas experience.

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