Woman’s fake breasts saved her life when silicone implant stopped a bullet headed for her heart Unidentified Canadian woman was shot while walking down the street She was operated on at the McLean Clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Plastic surgeons said her life was ‘likely’ saved by her left breast implant It lay over her heart … Read more
An electrical device the size of a watch could revolutionise the treatment of heart failure, a condition that affects nearly a million people in the UK. The implant releases an electric current to help strengthen and even regenerate a weak or damaged heart muscle, and so improve its pumping action. This pushes more blood around … Read more
People suffering debilitating chronic back and leg pain are finding relief at last – thanks to an implant that delivers mild electrical pulses to the spine. These signals help block pain messages being transmitted along the nerves to the brain, so relieving symptoms. A form of the treatment, known as spinal-cord stimulation, has been carried … Read more
‘Like having a paramedic in your pocket’: British patient, 73, becomes first in the world to get pocket-watch sized heart implant that communicates with doctors on their smartphone By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 17:02 GMT, 28 February 2020 | Updated: 19:58 GMT, 28 February 2020 A heart failure patient has become the first person … Read more