Life Alert was founded in 1987, making it one of the first personal emergency response companies in the United States. The company’s systems have a base hub and a help button that can be worn around ...

A homicide victim may have tried to use his Life Alert to call for help when he was stabbed repeatedly inside his northeast Houston apartment Wednesday afternoon, according to HPD. HFD paramedics ...

Police said William Hercules, 27, demanded the woman’s phone and attacked her after she refused, local news outlets reported. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Pennsylvania woman fought off an attacker using ...