Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Most people know that – it’s a statistic that has been repeated enough times that it almost loses its weight. What is spoken ...

The fifth grader learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a class at Wilson Elementary School and then used her training in a ...

People are less likely to perform CPR on a woman. The American Heart Association is trying to change that. If you suffer cardiac arrest, CPR can double your chance of survival. Yet women who ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. And yet, women are less likely to receive bystander CPR to save their lives than men. "Bystanders are concerned about ...

Despite going on numerous first aid courses, Chloe Lipton said she had never practised CPR on a female manikin A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and ...

Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason. Only 39 percent ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – According to statistics from the American Heart Association, a majority of studies reveal women are less likely to receive bystander CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The ...