Alan Zacharias chose Mt. Bierstadt as his first Colorado 14er, after hitting several other famous hikes like the Manitou Incline. "Drove up there, had a successful ascent up the mountain, and came ...

After the incident during the pro football game, I want to make sure that all high schools in Hamilton County have available for every home event, yep, even the band concerts, a portable defibrillator ...

A student at McKinney High School near Dallas is alive today thanks to a portable machine on stand-by at the school. The 17-year-old collapsed on the soccer field last week after his heart stopped.

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

WASHINGTON -- You can be walking around normally when your heart suddenly stops beating. It takes a mere five seconds to lose consciousness. In 20 seconds, your brain shows it's losing oxygen -- your ...

Emily Cranny, 14, has a congenital heart defect, one that sometimes means her heart stops working properly. A defibrillator implanted more than a year ago already has saved her life once. Now, the ...