There are two common implantable devices for the heart: artificial pacemakers and defibrillators. Artificial pacemakers keep ...

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Surgeons have been opening chests and implanting pacemakers for decades. The devices save millions of people by controlling their abnormal heartbeats. Now doctors are testing a new version of ...

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But, that's crazy. I was also told by a fireperson that was here for a fire down the hall (her microwave burst into flames), that it was common for this model. Yikes.