ICDs are extremely effective and generally quite safe. Still, it is possible for you to experience complications with your ICD system. These ICD complications fall into two general types: surgical complications, and post-surgical complications. Surgical Complications The surgery to implant an ICD is pretty routine and straightforward, and can usually be done without any problems. However, surgical complications do sometimes occur. The main risks related to ICD implantation surgery include:...

When the Beijing Olympics begin on February 4, U.S. television coverage will include entirely domestically-based announcing teams, although NBC’s Olympics host Mike Tirico is expected to be in Beijing at the beginning of the event. NBC has held exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights for the Winter Olympics since 2002 and the Summer Olympics since 1988, with the network’s coverage having always previously included at least some on-site announcers. “The announce teams for these Olympics, including figure skating, will be calling events from our Stamford (Conn....

Don’t think the drivers’ tempers tapered off like the rain. In fact, with an extra layer of grip applied to the bottom of the half-mile track, drivers were told to expect the unexpected during Sunday’s race. MORE: Winners and losers at Bristol Kyle Busch led 254 of the first 350 laps before developing problems with the rear housing of his car, much to his chagrin. “The steering wheel is going away....

“We don’t want to change how we play,” Quenneville said. “I think we want to play the same way.” That might be true, but when Crawford’s out, the Blackhawks are without one of the NHL’s truly elite players. You just might not have noticed how elite. MORE: NHL’s worst injuries in 2017-18 Crawford missed his second straight game after landing on injured reserve Friday with a lower-body injury. Fortunately, the issue isn’t expected to keep Crawford out long, as Quenneville said before Sunday’s game that his starting goalie will get back on the ice in a few days and be reevaluated then....

TSN’s Bob McKenzie was answering questions about this subject Wednesday afternoon and suggested that hockey analytics inside most NHL organizations were so beyond the debate of Corsi% merit that it wasn’t even worth discussing. I found this interesting — not for the fact that teams with nearly limitless resources could pull more data than part-time guys doing it for fun on the internet (this seems obvious), but for the fact that there still seems to be a very real interpretation issue as to what matters and what does not....

Then again, the new movie star looks less like Colin Farrell than Will Ferrell. Or Steve Carell. Or Jon Heder. Or, if he’s animated, Shrek or Homer Simpson. The testosterone-pumped, muscle-bound Hollywood hero is rapidly deflating—this summer, Bruce Willis is the last he-man standing. Taking his place is a new kind of leading man, the kind who’s just as happy following as leading, or never getting off the sofa. “He’s a guy who isn’t concerned with status,” says Justin Spitzer, a writer for TV’s “The Office....

Trump won the state by roughly 10,700 votes, or just 0.24 percent, even though Michigan stayed solidly blue with a win by Obama—who bested Mitt Romney in 2012 by a 450,000-vote margin—and a Sanders sweep of 68 Michigan counties during the 2016 primary. Tuesday’s contested election also drew the second-highest number of voters in the state, placing it behind the state’s 2016 primary, the Detroit Free Press reported. So far, unofficial counts show that about 29 percent of Michigan’s registered voters—or 2....

A customer at the Katy, Texas location filmed the incident in a viral video that has receivedmore than 1.2 million views since it was posted to TikTok on December 29. Joshua Kramer, who goes by @gemini_josh on TikTok, said the driver of a large black pickup truck was “wasted,” as was their female passenger. “Hey, you guys don’t have to leave,” Kramer said to the people inside the truck. “You can stay right here....

Good used the conspicuously gender-neutral term in reference to Representative Katie Porter of California, who was serving as House speaker pro tempore during a Thursday hearing on the Affordable Insulin Now Act, according to a C-SPAN video of the session. Republicans have repeatedly attacked Jackson for refusing Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee’s demand that she define the word “woman” while commenting that she was “not a biologist” during her Senate confirmation hearings last week....

In MMA, brain trauma is potentially as serious. UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt is one who not only doles out the punches to the head but also has taken plenty of shots there. Last month, Hunt did an interview with the Players Voice in Australia and described what he’s went through in his nearly 20-year career in kickboxing and mixed martial arts. “I will probably end my life fighting,” Hunt wrote....

Formed in 1982, the British National Party campaigns under the slogan “Rights for Whites.” Since the early 1990s, it has dominated the country’s extreme-right fringe movement. According to Britain’s Anti-Nazi League, the BNP is involved in neo-Nazi activities and denies the Holocaust. Support for the anti-immigrant National Front has fallen from about 15 percent to 10 percent, thanks to an economic upturn and a rift between party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and his rivals....

The Associated Press reports on troubles with training the Iraqi Navy and Marine Corps, and cites recent issues with Iraqi Army troops fighting in Basra as indicative of the overall training situation. As the rebuilt Iraqi navy is tasked with defending the country’s two vital oil platforms, the AP tells of a disconnect between the reality of the situation and how it is perceived by the navy recruits: The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a series of grass-roots efforts aimed at joining Iraq veterans in need with U....

The great flood of ‘93, which has claimed more than 40 lives, uprooted 31,000 people in eight states and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage, is far from over. This weekend the Mississippi River will reach 48 feet at St. Louis, its third crest of the month. Reservoirs upstream are full, and tributaries such as Missouri’s River des Peres remain out of their banks. The Corps of Engineers now worries less about the height of river crests than how much longer the levees will hold....

Noelle, a young giraffe calf born over Christmas, and her mother Ngarikoni were rescued via barge from a shrinking area of land in Lake Baringo, Kenya, and taken to a wildlife conservation site. The two giraffes were the last of nine Rothschild’s giraffes to be taken away from the area in a rescue effort spanning over a year. The first giraffe, Asiwa, was saved in early December, but planning had been underway for months before that....

Indian media outlets reported authorities in the city of Lucknow plan to mount AI-equipped cameras that will alert nearby police stations when they spot a woman’s “distress” due to harassment. Lucknow police commissioner D K Thakur told The Times of India that authorities are looking to install the cameras at 200 “crime hotspots” in the city. The placements were determined by the “presence of girls and women in the area,” as well as stalking and harassment complaints....

The 36-year-old Bembem managed Eastern Sporting Union in 2017 Indian Women’s League final rounds and eventually tasted glory with the side. The victory marked the last game of her professional career as she had already decided to hang up her boots in her international career after clinching gold at the 2016 South Asian Games. As for Jeje, the Mariner has been a key player for Sanjoy Sen’s side and has also played a vital role in the Indian National Team....

Nicolai Adam and the Indian FA agreed to part ways recently after players of the side protested and complained about his methods, combined with a streak of poor results compounded by the last place finish of the Blue Tiger cubs in the recently concluded Valentin Granatkin Cup. It must be remembered that Bhutia serves as the chairman of the Technical Committee of the AIFF, while Yadav is in charge of scouting for talent....