But back in the 1970s, a young doctor called Henry Heimlich began to argue that a good thump on the back could force the obstruction further down the air pipe towards the lungs, not dislodge it ...

But this is a myth perpetuated by Dr. Henry Heimlich. According to reports from Dr. Heimlich's youngest son, Peter Heimlich, the founder of the Heimlich maneuver spent years trying to discredit ...

The other day Senator Claire McCaskill was choking at a lunch with colleagues. Dr. Henry Heimlich, thoracic surgeon and creator of the famed maneuver that saves people from choking to death, died at ...