When it comes to heart attacks, misinformation travels faster than facts, especially on social media. Most of us have come across the viral posts claiming that "coughing CPR" or swallowing cayenne ...
Pope Francis continues to remain in stable condition, the Vatican said Saturday. The pope has been given non-invasive mechanical ventilation and high-flow oxygen therapy. He does not have a fever and ...
Dr. Reginald Robinson- cardiologist with Medstar Heart & Vascular Institute at Medstar Washington Hospital Center and American Heart Association Board of Directors, President-Elect Dr. Dasia ...
A recent trend on social media has revived a curious technique from the late 1970s called cough CPR. A post claims that this method can help people, if they are alone, to survive a heart attack by ...
VIENNA, Austria -- Coughing vigorously until an ambulance arrives could save the lives of heart patients who are going into cardiac arrest, a doctor said Tuesday. Dr. Tadeusz Petelenz, a researcher in ...
Sponsored by Baton Rouge General You may have heard that coughing can stop a heart attack. This so-called “cough CPR” is a myth – and a risky one. It’s not a treatment for heart attacks and only ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough is described as a highly contagious respiratory illness and the number of cases is on the rise. According to the ...
Last month, news reports confirmed that whooping cough is now an epidemic in California. Physicians have since been inundated with calls from concerned parents. As the disease spreads both in ...
ROME -- Pope Francis continues to remain in stable condition, the Vatican said Saturday. The pope has been given non-invasive mechanical ventilation and high-flow oxygen therapy. He does not have a ...