I got this e-mail advice from my aunt. Is it a hoax or good advice? - R.L., Tulsa. Surviving a heart attack while alone: A hoax e-mail circulating the Internet says we can save our own lives during a ...

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.

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 ...

"Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly, you start experiencing severe pain in ...

The posts instruct people to take deep breaths and cough “every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.” VERIFY reader Terrica sent us one of those posts; ...

New study from Warwick Medical School examined the effectiveness of three alternatives to CPR, concluding that none were beneficial First comprehensive systematic review of evidence on precordial ...

University of Westminster provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A recent trend on social media has revived a curious technique from the late 1970s called cough CPR. A post claims that ...