Stacey Minor is the founder of Sweet Potato Patch. (Photo courtesy of Stacey Minor) The short version of Stacey Minor's story is that she grew up in a part o...

DALLAS, June 27, 2019 — Children who survive cardiac arrest may face long-term cardiovascular, neurological and other serious issues, according to a scientif...

(Cavan Images/Cavan, Getty Images) Babies born with serious heart defects are surviving to adulthood in greater numbers, but new research shows they face ano...

(Hemant Mehta, Getty Images) Tens of thousands more people than previously believed may be having cardiac arrests in hospitals, a new analysis says. Research...

Bill Wood credits his late beloved wife Lee with giving him two things in life: a family and the joy of giving back. The Woods have been dedicated advocates ...

Sudden cardiac arrest – when the heart stops beating – is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. To help save lives, automated external defibrillator...

Stroke survivor Dr. Mike Willis. Aboard the airplane carrying him from Billings, Montana, to a hospital in Denver, doctor-turned-patient Mike Willis began a ...

Recently in Tel Aviv, the American Heart Association trained instructors at United Hatzalah of Israel to become AHA faculty BLS and ACLS trainers – in other w...

The AHA offers two separate courses for healthcare providers who require training in pediatric care. Both courses reflect science and education from the Amer...

From left: Zehra’ Al-Hilali, AHA MENA Regional Director, Lindsy Hilton, AHA Vice President, MENA and India ECC; Brigadier-General Meshref A. Al-Amri, Assista...

West Point graduate and retired Army Capt. Barry Ehlers dubbed himself and his wife Julia Team Alpha. His children, Grace and Michael, are Team Bravo. The ni...

Saving a child with heart disease whose heart has stopped requires a different approach than reviving a child with a healthy heart, according to a new scient...

70% of Americans feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency and as 88% of these types of emergencies occur, we all need to be prepared to save a life wi...

African American children who live in poor neighborhoods are significantly less likely to receive bystander CPR during a cardiac arrest than white children, ...

Jeff and Melanie Baldwin were hanging a picture in the dining room of their Las Vegas home when Melanie collapsed. Jeff grabbed his phone and dialed 911. Pre...

An ordinary man sang for a stranger's life —and saved it by using a simple CPR technique I came up with to help more people save more lives. Tom Maimone, 52,...

School crisis intervention aid Carla Leonard had grown to hate one part of her morning routine: bumping her head on the automated external defibrillator (AED...