Strokes are no longer happening to just elderly. Striking rapidly and silently, people are suffering from heart attacks ...

Drowning continues to be the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 19 — claiming the lives of roughly 1,100 children in 2006 — according the American Association for Pediatrics.

MERRIAM, Kan. — You can't predict when a crisis will happen. The latest example? The collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore. Preventing swimming deaths are why Kansas City Swim Academy & Infant ...

Experts detail the benefits of swimming, from strengthening your muscles to reducing inflammation and boosting your mental ...

MISHAWAKA — One unsupervised splash in the water can quickly turn into a life-or-death situation. A parent turns away and a child goes missing. Panic and fear sink in as the search leads to the pool.

Tessa Seppelt of Rice said she had never heard of Infant Swimming Resource (ISR), a survival swimming program that teaches ...

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Two-year-old Cameron Gilland is learning critical survival swim skills after a frightening incident last summer when she fell into a friend's pool. "Cameron was by the pool ...

Many military water survival courses require you to tread water, bounce and learn how to survive while wearing your uniform in the water. One of the toughest swim tests out there is the USMC RECON ...

No matter which branch of military service you choose, you'll be required to display a certain level of proficiency in the water. That level can vary, but water survival training programs are a core ...