WASHINGTON – People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor’s prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart. The Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed ...

CHICAGO Heart attack defibrillators can now be purchased for use in the home -- but can having one of these devices at home save your life? A new study suggests the answer is no. Researchers followed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials have approved sale of the first defibrillator specifically for at-home use, a machine that promises to help people jump-start the heart of a collapsed loved ...

FDA has cleared the first of a new generation of AEDs intended for home use.(click to enlarge) It has been more than two years since legislation was passed to require increased public access to ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday that consumers can buy devices to jump-start failing hearts at home without a prescription. About 80% of sudden cardiac arrests occur at ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Having a defibrillator at home does not protect heart attack survivors against a cardiac arrest any better than having someone at home with good cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

Every household should have a flashlight, smoke detector and first-aid kit. And now, perhaps you should add a defibrillator to that list of must-haves. Jan. 14, 2003 Every household should have a ...

Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can cardiopulmonary resuscitation — and at a much lower cost. That's the bottom line from the first ...

CHICAGO — Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart-attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR. That's the bottom line from the first test of using these heart-shocking devices ...

The Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday that consumers can buy devices to jump-start failing hearts at home without a prescription. Some 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur at home.

People will soon be able to plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. The Food and Drug ...

A Sept. 9 article about the sale of automated external defibrillators for home use incorrectly attributed a statement that Philips Medical Systems believes Food and Drug Administration approval of its ...