Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been six days since Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in front of millions. Many feared the worst. But ...

Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) deliver shocks to the heart to correct arrythmias. They do so based on electrocardiogram data. Researchers have now shown that an AICD can be ...

After their son’s frightening encounter with sudden cardiac arrest two years ago, a Brea family is doing everything they can to improve the odds of survival for others – an effort now given a big ...

When someone’s heart stops working, it is known as sudden cardiac arrest. It causes blood to stop flowing to the brain and other organs. Sudden cardiac arrest can cause a person to die within minutes.

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly-available automated external defibrillator rather than wait until emergency responders arrived. The study showed that ...

Time to recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at dispatch center 0 min 0 sec‡ Time from dispatch of drone to approval by air traffic control 0 min 20 sec Time from dispatch of drone to drone ...

A clinical trial seeks to answer if high-tech drones can be the difference between life and death for patients going into cardiac arrest.

Alan Zacharias chose Mt. Bierstadt as his first Colorado 14er, after hitting several other famous hikes like the Manitou Incline. "Drove up there, had a successful ascent up the mountain, and came ...

Colonie is installing automated external defibrillators around the town. Fourteen AEDs will be installed at parks, pools and youth sports complexes, Town Supervisor Peter Crummey said. AEDs are ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...