A new external defibrillator that is worn like a vest is helping to save the lives of heart disease sufferers, according to a Raleigh doctor who recommends it to many patients. A new external ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The FDA recently approved a wearable defibrillator to protect children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. The vest is a good alternative to an implantable device that requires ...

Zach Friedlieb can’t horse around with his kids anymore. He can’t swim with them on hot afternoons in the pool at their East Naples apartment complex. He keeps a chin up against his latest setback ...

After three days of pounding migraines, Dennis Young slid into his green Honda Accord and drove the mile from his Greenville home to the emergency room. "I was beet red and sweating like crazy," the ...

SALEM, Ind. (WDRB) – A southern Indiana veteran was prescribed a Zoll Life Vest, an external defibrillator, to protect his life while battling a heart condition. But his health insurance company has ...

For those waiting on surgery to place a defibrillator inside their chest, special vests can deliver lifesaving shocks in the event of a heart arrhythmia. But the downside, some say, is that the vests ...

INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, Fla. — Regis Magyar "died" four times this year. That is his heart went into fibrillation and stopped working — once while in the hospital, twice while at home and once as he was ...

KEARNEY — David Anderson got quite the 83rd birthday present in the form of a defibrillator placed inside his chest. It’s quite the contrast to the day before his birthday, Feb. 21, when a sudden ...