I called Henry, and I said, ‘Why don’t we put citric acid in a spray,’ and he said, ‘That would save more lives than the ...

Snack time in Alessia Hoffman’s second grade class at Charles Reinhard Early Childhood Center in Bellmore nearly turned ...

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974, the Heimlich ...

Two facts define Luke Heimlich. The first is that he pleaded guilty as a teenager to molesting his 6-year-old niece. The second is that he is one of the best pitchers in college baseball. How society ...

Michael Gingras, a 15-year-old sophomore at Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Illinois, outside Chicago, learned ...

Believe it or not, the creator of the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver had never actually used it on anyone in real life — that is, not until this week. Dr. Henry Heimlich, who first conceived of the ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the ...

At the height of the crisis, the inventor of the famous anti-choking technique claimed HIV could be cured by injecting patients with malaria. New documents reveal how stars like Jack Nicholson and Ron ...

CINCINNATI -- The 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver has used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center. Dr. Henry Heimlich ...

CINCINNATI (CBSNewYork/AP) — The 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman ...