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App-connected medical devices can help patients, while cutting down visits during the pandemic

Remote management of some implanted devices are changing the way doctors address health conditions like heart disease

Simon Henley survived two cardiac arrests. The first was due to luck, and the second to cutting-edge technology.

Made-in-Canada cryoablation can lead to improved outcomes compared to drug treatment.

APP-ENABLED PACEMAKERS EMPOWER CANDID TALK ABOUT PATIENTS LIVING WITH A PACEMAKER WHAT PATIENTS SAY ABOUT NEW APP-ENABLED DEVICES APP CONNECTED HEART DEVICES HeartLife Foundation co-founder Marc...

Enhanced technology offers an effective alternative to opioids and nerve blockers

Janet Becker no longer needs to live in an opioid fog to keep chronic pain from ruining her life. As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate lives across Canada, the resident of Coquitlam, B.C....

Now retired and experiencing some cognitive decline, Gord is relying more than ever on his wife Susan to help manage his Type 1 Diabetes. A Continuous Glucose Monitor could give them both peace of...

Nadine Sowik has type 1 diabetes and hypoglycemia unawareness, which she says makes a continuous glucose monitor a necessity. But insurance wouldn’t cover it until a nearly catastrophic car...

APP-ENABLED PACEMAKERS EMPOWER BRINGING PATIENT VOICES TO THE CONVERSTATION WHAT PATIENTS SAY ABOUT NEW APP-ENABLED DEVICES APP CONNECTED HEART DEVICES Pacemakers have extended the lives and...