Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Most people know that – it’s a statistic that has been repeated enough times that it almost loses its weight. What is spoken ...

Researchers found that women receive CPR less often than men, likely because people are not comfortable performing life-saving measures on female bodies Getty First aid dummy A study has shown that ...

Bystanders are less likely to give women who go into cardiac arrest chest compressions in public places due to anxiety about touching their breasts, according to a new study. Research by St John ...

If someone's heart suddenly stops beating, they may only have minutes to live. Doing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can increase their chances of survival. CPR makes sure blood keeps pumping, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. And yet, women are less likely to receive bystander CPR to save their lives than men. "Bystanders are concerned about ...

Despite going on numerous first aid courses, Chloe Lipton said she had never practised CPR on a female manikin A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and ...

People are less likely to perform CPR on a woman. The American Heart Association is trying to change that. If you suffer cardiac arrest, CPR can double your chance of survival. Yet women who ...