Lakeisha Brown was 44 when her heart and other organs failed. She'd had a heart attack, and when her condition worsened, she was left with two options.

Myocardial infarction (heart attack) occurs when one of the arteries supplying the heart is blocked by a blood clot, and the part of the heart that does not receive blood begins to die. This is a race ...

CPR class turns real emergency as instructor suffers cardiac arrest; students act fast, perform CPR, use defibrillator, and ultimately save his life.

It was 4 a.m. on a Saturday when my partner, Michael, began complaining of heartburn. An antacid didn’t help, and the pain was getting worse, so after a few hours he decided we should go to the ...

Share on Pinterest Patient transporter Tommy Bell (pictured above) survived 3 heart attacks over 4 days, thanks to quick thinking — and care from colleagues at the hospital where he worked. Advent ...