Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are conflicting reports from Heimlich himself whether the 2016 incident was the first time he'd used the maneuver in a ...

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 ...

Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a maneuver credited with saving thousands of choking victims but who damaged his standing as a proponent of the curative powers of malaria, died ...

He says dad is wrong in urging maneuver be used on near-drowning victims. Dr. Henry Heimlich twice cited a 1981 Dallas, Pa., near-drowning case as evidence that his Heimlich maneuver saves the lives ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky House Bill 335 in reference to anti-choking devices in schools is drawing criticism from a Cincinnati attorney. Phil Heimlich, son of the inventor of the Heimlich ...

The innovations of Dr. Henry Heimlich extended well beyond his famed anti-choking maneuver. The Heimlich Chest Drain Valve gets blood and air out of the chest cavity of soldiers shot there. He also ...

There are conflicting reports from Heimlich himself whether the 2016 incident was the first time he'd used the maneuver in a real-life situation. A claim that the inventor of the anti-choking ...