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 ...

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 ...

SUSSEX (WITI) -- It's not a fashion statement. It's a life saving medical device. The LifeVest is a wearable defibrillator you can wear under your clothes, that will shock you if you have a heart ...

A Pawnee County man is recovering at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital Thursday morning. He's only the second Oklahoman to have his heart jump started by a special device. Ralph Dooley still has his sense ...

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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 ...

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 ...

FLUSHING TOWNSHIP, Michigan – There's no doubt in Charlotte Clark's mind that she is lucky to be alive today. She has her doctors at Hurley Medical Center, her daughter, Monica, and a 2-pound LifeVest ...