A major Danish study has linked diabetes to a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac arrest, especially among younger adults. Here’s what researchers found and why it matters for public health.

Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. Unlike a heart attack, which occurs from a blockage that limits blood flow to a part of the heart, SCA occurs ...

An analysis of public videos of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests shows brief warning signs, seizure-like movements that may be ...

In a shift from prior guidelines and two decades’ worth of practice, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest in whom ...

A healthy woman in Georgia is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest from smoking marijuana. The 26-year-old arrived at her local emergency department immediately after her fiancé found her ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 ...

Beginning in 2026, new spaces with an occupancy of 100 people or more will be required to have an automated external ...

What started as a regular high school basketball game in Cabot quickly turned into a life or death emergency when a referee ...

The wife of a man who had a cardiac arrest and died while waiting for an ambulance has said his death "is not fair". David Field died at home in Builth Wells, Powys, on 7 December 2024, after ...

Misinformation has circulated for years on social media about how coughing forcefully can treat a heart attack. Health experts are quick to debunk that myth and warn that "cough CPR" is ineffective.