Ordinarily, pacemakers correct irregular heartbeats by delivering an electric shock to the entire heart – which can be painful. An experimental new one takes a different approach, and it does so by ...

We are all familiar with pacemakers for the heart, but the devices are also used for a variety of health problems. Pacemakers for pain have been around for decades with limited success, but some ...

Patients can be entrusted to take their own medication. So why not empower them to zap their spinal cords with small bursts of electricity if they're experiencing intense back or leg pain? That's the ...