He says that medications for high blood pressure or blood thinners can be stopped cold turkey and may not have any immediate side effects to the patient. Stopping these medications, Naidu says, may increase a patient's chances of having a stroke, but it doesn't guarantee it.

A pacemaker from Medtronic, newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, allows patients to securely transmit data from the pacemaker to their physicians via a smartphone or tablet using cellular or Wi-Fi service. Medtronic’s MyCareLink Smart ...

WASHINGTON -- The government has approved a pacemaker outfitted with a tiny transmitter that can tell your doctor how your heart is doing -- the first medical implant capable of such real-time monitoring. The Biotronik Home Monitoring System essentially ...

More than three decades have transpired since the inception of transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring. 1 3 This modality was identified as a useful method for tracking the function of pacemaker systems, particularly in the early era of pacemaker development ...

The FBI is now heavily involved in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie. As the family makes another plea for her return, Jan Carabeo breaks down the latest timeline of known events connected to the missing Arizona woman.

Sheriff Chris Nanos takes questions on day 6 of the search for the abducted 84-year-old mother of NBC morning show co-host Savannah Guthrie.