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英闻天下——570 Brain Pacemaker Helps Keep Memory for AD Patients

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Pacemakers are expensive. Though some pacemaker manufacturers have dropped the price down to $800 in poorer countries, thats still out of reach for many. One to two million people die each year because they dont have access to this life-saving techno

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We like to think that medical equipment implanted in our bodies undergoes rigorous testing before its put inside a person. Thats not always the case, at least for cardiovascular devices. Thats according to an article in the Journal of the American Me

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