Background Sigmoid plate dehiscence (SPD) is a common finding in patients with pulsatile tinnitus (PT). The etiopathogenesis of SPD is controversial; however, increasing evidence suggests that SPD may ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Pacemakers are not designed or approved to provide ...

Data from Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker has helped shed light on the events leading up to her kidnapping, but there are significant limits in how much data the devices can collect. Most importantly for ...

A young boy nearly died after catching the flu, leaving him three weeks in intensive care. Joel was five when he was rushed to Bristol Children's Hospital with a dangerously low heart rate. He spent ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2021, I drove to the hospital with chest and back pain. I was told that I needed an emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. During the procedure, I suffered a heart rhythm ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2021, I drove to the hospital with chest and back pain. I was told that I needed an emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. During the procedure, I suffered a heart rhythm ...

When Aurora Ernzen was just 5 days old, doctors performed surgery to insert a pacemaker in her chest. The device was new, permitted through emergency use guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Dr. Zhuoshan Huang: A 79-year-old man was admitted to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, because of dyspnea and edema in the arms and legs. The patient had ...

Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are small, battery-powered devices implanted under the skin to manage abnormal heart rhythms. Pacemakers deliver low-energy electrical ...