A Peoria nursing facility was fined $25,000 after a resident on a soft-food diet choked to death on a sandwich.

Heart disease is on track to tighten its grip on American women. New projections from the American Heart Association warn that over the next 25 years, cardiovascular disease will rise sharply, driven ...

In recent years, choking during sex has become much more common, especially among younger adults in the United States. One nationally representative study found that: 31.9 percent of women ages 18-24 ...

Are you tired? If so, you aren’t alone. An alarming number of the country’s adults are tired most days, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that ...

The American Heart Association has announced new CPR and Basic Life Support guidelines for 2026, reflecting advances in resuscitation science and team-based response. The revisions highlight precise ...

The American Heart Association’s 2025–2026 CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care updates, effective March 1, 2026, introduce a unified Chain of Survival, new choking protocols, refined CPR metrics, ...

Since July 2022, people in the U.S. struggling with thoughts of suicide have been able to receive help by calling or texting the simple number “988.” Now an analysis of suicide mortality across the ...

MASIDSON HEIGHTS, Mich. – Madison Heights Police Department has saved a 72-year-old Shelby Township woman who began chocking at a local restaurant. On April 16, around 7 p.m., police were dispatched ...

I grew up watching TV shows like Friends and Sex and The City, which glamorized a tight-knit group of adult friends who hang out together almost daily. I have spent my whole adult life trying to chase ...

I don’t want to scare anyone, but bad stuff happens to people sometimes. The world is a crazy place. If the global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t wake you up to this, then maybe current events will.

Share on Pinterest High blood pressure in people ages 30 to 40 may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Image Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images Research shows that young adults ...

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