Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...

New research shows that bystander CPR can substantially improve a person's odds of surviving a cardiac arrest while avoiding ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.

Anyone removed from the water without signs of normal breathing or consciousness should be presumed to be in cardiac arrest.

Anyone pulled from the water who shows no signs of normal breathing or consciousness should be considered in cardiac arrest, ...

Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrythmia) by 11%, a study shows.