Women and those with breasts are less likely to receive CPR and survive cardiac arrest than men, according to a recent study.

Sharon Sullivan of Twin Falls, Idaho is feeling extra grateful this holiday season. She said she is alive today thanks to a ...

A woman in her 60s collapsed due to apparent cardiac arrest while running to shelter during a siren in Kiryat Bialik. First responders were able to restart her heart and resuscitated her.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia police officer didn't miss a beat when a frantic husband flagged him down to help his wife, who had suddenly gone into cardiac arrest behind the wheel.

Although these factors raise the risk, cardiac arrest can also occur in individuals without any risk factors at all. It is more common in older men than women, as noted by the CDC. Cardiac arrest is ...

A mother-of-one who had a cardiac arrest at Cardiff Airport has thanked the quick-thinking airport staff who saved her life.

Staff from Shasta Regional made the trip to Hawes Farms Wednesday to demonstrate how to perform CPR and how to operate an Automatic External Defibrillator, or AED, kit.

On the side of a busy South Philadelphia intersection, Officer Dennis Smith went to work trying to save two lives-- Mark Kauffman's wife, Sarah, and their unborn daughter.

Matilda Frisk Torell, PhD student and Cardiologist, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg Her thesis also shows that sports-related cardiac arrest was rare among women, accounting ...

umn.edu Objective To determine the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in men and women. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Two popular urban 42 km ...

The odds on whether a child survives a cardiac arrest may depend on where they live, according to a new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. The odds on whether a child ...