ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one ...

Of those, women were slightly less likely to be given CPR than men — 52% versus 55%. But the difference was more pronounced when the cardiac arrest happened in a public place, like on the street.

Bystanders are less likely to give women who go into cardiac arrest chest compressions in public places due to anxiety about touching their breasts, according to a new study.

39% of women receive CPR from a stranger in public during a cardiac arrest, compared with 45% of men, according to the American Heart Association.

Researchers found that women receive CPR less often than men, likely because people are not comfortable performing life-saving measures on female bodies A study has shown that first aid dummies ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - When a heart stops beating during sudden cardiac arrest, CPR from a bystander doubles the chance of survival. However, women are 14% less likely to receive bystander CPR and ...

Good Samaritan gets off bicycle to help doctor save woman, expresses ‘bitter disappointment’ over chest fondling claims.

Researchers at a cardiology conference in Madrid detailed a new, more effective CPR method for astronauts to use for emergencies in weightless environments.

CPR mannequins are getting breasts -- with the goal of saving women's lives. The so-called Womanikin is an attachment for flat-chested CPR dummies that aims to change the finding that women are 27 ...