CPR and First Aid are skills anyone can learn that can save lives in a matter of seconds.  When fifty-eight-year-old bus driver, Susan Lecrenski, encountered a student with a life-threatening allergic reaction, she used the skills she learned in First Aid to use an Epi Pen to save the student's life.  American Red-Cross honored Lecrenski as a Hometown Hero.

Almost everyone has seen CPR performed in a TV show and knows that it can save a life after heart attack, smoke inhalation, drowning, and other accidents. Unlike many other aspects of TV drama, the lifesaving potential of CPR is very real. While the process may not always be depicted 100% accurately, CPR does dramatically increase the chances of survival and can even bring someone back from death.

As we’ve already talked about, not enough bystanders have training in life-saving techniques such as CPR.

Yoga: Should you finally try it? With the New Year, the question may have been on your mind. Those cute yoga outfits, and it looks easy enough; however, is there any real benefit besides improving your flexibility? Is it just a persisting exercise fad?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s longtime fight against coronary heart disease is especially unique, according to a new Medscape article. Some things he has done over the course of several decades separate his experience from the average cardiac patient in the U.S., according to the article’s writer. The ultimate reason doesn’t come down to his access to top-notch quality care.