Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Kathy Sherlock has seen firsthand how one small machine can make the difference between life and death. Her 31-year-old brother died in 1998 after his heart stopped while waiting for a table at a ...

Alan Zacharias chose Mt. Bierstadt as his first Colorado 14er, after hitting several other famous hikes like the Manitou Incline. "Drove up there, had a successful ascent up the mountain, and came ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Councilman Mark Kersey Friday ...

Since the first successful open-chest defibrillation on humans in 1947 using two large silver spoons with wooden handles, the device has progressed to a portable, lightweight, life-saving tool ...

A new study shows that automated external defibrillators (AEDs), the devices used to resuscitate victims of sudden cardiac arrest, had a greater than 20 percent chance of being recalled for potential ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has 100 new tools to help save lives. The department on Tuesday received a donation of 100 automatic external defibrillators, ...

CALEDONIA, MI -- Caledonia High School senior Peter Lombardo doesn't remember the collapse. "I remember walking down the (school) hallway and that was it," he said. "When I woke up, I remember Mr.

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Farmers’ Market on Broadway will receive a portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on-site thanks to a grant from AARP. AARP announced the market has been selected to ...

New online list of campus AED locations helps Duke community members be ready in case of cardiac emergency Between visitors, meetings and events, around 600 people per day pass through the sunlight ...