'Stay Alive' CPR Events Take Place Across New York City
A series of events are taking place in the city this week to kick off the American Heart Association's multi-city CPR awareness and education tour.
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A series of events are taking place in the city this week to kick off the American Heart Association's multi-city CPR awareness and education tour.
For young people with serious illnesses, the Valerie Fund is a becon of hope, WCBS 880's John Metaxas reported.
Inpatient services might be discontinued at Saint Clare's Hospital in Sussex. The nearest hospital is 15 miles away, through the rural roads of northwest New Jersey.
Mayor Bloomberg fiercely defended his proposed ban on super-sized soft drinks on Sunday.
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to tout his plan to ban over-sized sugary drinks in New York City, some city lawmakers are speaking out against the proposal.
Anyone who's ever tried to diet knows how tough it can be. Now there's a different way to your count calories. It's called "calorie cycling" and it might help you stay on track.
For the mayor, it's a sugar smack down, and while he's not going to make people take a "sugarlizer" test, he is taking giant steps to limit the size of sugary drinks people can buy.
If a softball player gets hit by a pitch, then she heads to first base. But if she gets hit by a line drive, she may be headed to the hospital. One New Jersey school doesn't want to take that risk, and is now requiring its softball players to wear protection.
It's one of more than a dozen malls owned Pyramid Management Group that is now 100 percent tobacco free, part of a new policy that began on Thursday.
Every single menu in New York City could soon be getting a major overhaul if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way. The man behind calorie counts is set to announce a new public health initiative to battle obesity, taking aim at super-sized sugary drinks.
Lying down on a bed of nails is an age-old therapy said to relax or energize you, to relieve pain or stress. The modern day version has replaced metal nails with plastic spikes.
New York Giants football legend and Hall of Famer Harry Carson has a warning to parents of athletes. Don't ignore head injuries because concussions can have long-term consequences.
"Smoking in parks is now down two-thirds and we now have less litter at our beaches and playgrounds," Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley told.
A jury has awarded $120 million to a New York City woman whose family claimed that hospital negligence left her with brain damage. The verdict is among the largest medical malpractice awards ever made in the state.
Condoms might be considered commonplace in New York City high schools -- just last year 680,000 were distributed to students -- but a principal's plan to make them available at the prom on June 7 is raising some eyebrows.
