The issue with MRIs and pacemakers is the pacemaker construction. An MRI uses powerful magnetic fields to take pictures of ...

A patient with a pacemaker and a parotid gland neoplasm asks whether MRI or CT scans are safer for monitoring.

My doctor doesn’t want to attempt another biopsy, as the biopsy procedure that failed was very lengthy and lasted for most of ...

A pioneering implantable treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea has reached a significant milestone in the UK, with the 100th ...

Dr. Keith Roach explains the differences between pacemakers and defibrillators and how they treat heart rhythms.

Dear Doctor Roach: In a recent column about a man with prostate cancer who experienced loss of muscle mass, you discussed the ...

Both treat electrical problems, but their roles differ significantly — one regulates rhythm, the other stops dangerous ones.

Sudden unexpected infant deaths now drive over a third of the Black-white infant mortality gap, a JAMA study shows. Safe sleep steps inside. Novo Nordisk Licenses Experimental Once-Weekly Obesity Pill ...

There’s some good news for American lifespans: In July, preliminary CDC data suggested that life expectancy in the U.S. is on track to reach a record high while death rates hit a historic low. “This ...

A visit to an online longevity calculator might seem like a morbid exercise. No one wants to think about dying. And one might argue that a life expectancy calculator never dispenses good news. It ...

Why life expectancy is at the heart of the idea of progress. Dear reader, In the five years I’ve spent exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress, there’s one figure I have always ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worldwide life expectancy increased by 64.6 years in 1990 to 73.8 years in 2023. But the global morbidity gap ...