Louis Acompora manned his lacrosse goal, blocked a shot with his chest and prepared to make a play on the ball in his first high school game. Within seconds, each teen collapsed. In both cases, ...

OTTAWA, Oct. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - A new ground-breaking technology was recently used at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) where two cardiologists, Dr. David Birnie and Dr. Pablo Nery, ...

Implanted heart defibrillators, which automatically shock a fluttering heart back into a normal rhythm, can be hacked from the outside, according to U.S. researchers. There is no immediate danger to ...

Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: KMTS), a wearable medical device and digital healthcare company, today announced ...

Despite five heart attacks, multiple surgeries and a heart transplant, Cheney still lived a long life and died surrounded by ...

When a heart stops beating, a defibrillator shock needs to be applied within minutes. But for many Canadians, fire trucks and ambulances can't get to the scene fast enough. On average, only 10 per ...