Implanted Heart Devices Should Be Recyled After Death, Researchers Say
14th Nov 2006, 15:09 GMT
Apparently you can take it with you -- but maybe you shouldn't. The issue of an afterlife for implantable pacemakers and defibrillators was raised Sunday in a novel report on what happens to the devices once their owners die. (The full text of this article is available free)
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