Merryl Hoffman knew she was taking good care of her heart. The 63-year-old attorney didn't smoke or drink, and she was an avid hiker who used to run marathons and other distance races. In her 40s, she ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman in her 60s died from cardiac arrest after a home caught fire in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday afternoon. Fire crews responded to the 5400 block of North Cypress Avenue ...

The overall survival after sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), including those resulting from exertional events, improved over a 9-year period among young competitive athletes in the United States. However, ...

Deaths due to cardiac arrest in college athletes have been steadily declining over the last 20 years, a new study finds. An analysis of data from more than 2 million NCAA athletes revealed that 143 ...

Among the barrage of misinformation that circulated during the pandemic was a baseless idea that young athletes who had recently been vaccinated were dropping dead from heart issues as a result. The ...

Kyra Smithlin still remembers the strange flutter in her heart she felt out of the blue in November 2012 — something she’d never experienced before. But it was just before the holidays, and she had no ...

A Minnesota woman who went 25 minutes without a pulse is sharing her survival story to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Cheryl Jordan Winston was 48 years old in 2020 when she collapsed ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways Sudden cardiac arrest symptoms include sudden loss of consciousness, ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...