The American Heart Association says listening to your favorite holiday tune could help save a life this Christmas season.

While someone else fetches an automated external defibrillator, or AED, if one is nearby, you'll place the heel of one hand ...

A public health bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J. 6th District, is one step closer to becoming law.

Harris was in the throes of ventricular tachycardia (VT), a rare and dangerous arrhythmia that caused her heart to beat ...

He asked a passerby to call the 119 emergency service and performed CPR. The man started breathing again after two minutes. The elderly man made a full recovery and went home with his family.

The science of resuscitation has advanced since CPR and ECC guidelines were last published ... rhythm was ventricular fibrillation. These new AHA recommendations, which are based on the strongest ...

“Medical literature, including guidelines from Circulation Journal, stresses that CPR is strictly for cardiac arrest situations and should never be performed on someone who is conscious or breathing ...

By following these three essential steps—providing early respiratory support with surfactant, introducing mother’s milk, and ensuring strict hand hygiene—most preterm infants can survive and ...

I've just watched the film Bread and Roses, co-produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousefzai, and directed by Sahra Mani. If only American women were half as brave as ...

A man who was killed in a shooting that also wounded his 6-month-old son in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on Wednesday was remembered as a “family man to the fullest” in a fundraiser ...

The Ministry of Railways on Saturday shared a video of a travelling ticket checker (TTE) performing CPR on a 70-year-old passenger who allegedly suffered a heart attack during the train ride.