WASHINGTON -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? Carol Filak had heard about painful, repeated ...
Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self-defense can potentially interact with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers, putting individuals at ...
Tennessee inmate's heart device must be turned off before execution to avoid shock risk, judge rules
Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ruled Friday. The order ...
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