Cardiac emergencies tend to increase during the holidays and it's important to be prepared should someone you know go through ...

New Orleans Saints safety Justin Reid hosted CPR education event with the American Heart Association at John Ehret High ...

A new group called Monroe Community Heartsavers aims to increase the number of AEDs in Monroe County. RAISIN TWP., MI — ...

One in every five American children and teens is obese; that's up 35% from 2000, as severe childhood obesity rates have nearly doubled in that time.

For people living with a health condition like heart disease or stroke, traveling away from home can pose some special challenges. Those traveling to smaller, rural communities, where ...

Experts and EMS personnel say that community knowledge of CPR and bleed control in rural areas is vital to survival.

A 14-year-old from Hendersonville is being hailed a hero after she performed chest compressions on her father, saving his life.

National Women's Soccer League and Angel City FC defender Savy King are teaming up with the American Heart Association on a groundbreaking league-wide ...

Approximately 350,000 people in the U.S. experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year and a staggering 90% of them ...

Approximately 350,000 people in the U.S. experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, and a staggering 90% of them do not survive. Doctors with the American Heart Association want to ...

The thrill of bagging a big buck can bring a smile to any hunter’s face. But the exertion of dragging that trophy back to ...

A child who receives bystander CPR within the first 5 minutes after a cardiac arrest is nearly twice as likely to survive compared with children who receive CPR 5 to 10 minutes later, registry data ...