Doctors do not always know the exact cause of a ruptured brain aneurysm. However, several risk factors, including high blood pressure, increase the risk of it bursting. A brain aneurysm occurs when a ...

There has been a redistribution in the risk of arterial disease in type 1 and 2 diabetes. The risks of heart attack and stroke have decreased significantly, while complications in more peripheral ...

A young, healthy American man nearly died after suffering a stroke when an artery ruptured in his neck—caused by a sneeze. According to his doctors, 35-year-old Ian Applegate was sitting in his car ...

A fusiform aneurysm causes the artery to bulge or balloon on all sides. This type is less common than a saccular aneurysm, which causes a bulge on one side of the artery. An aneurysm is a weakness in ...

It's called a silent killer. Warnings are rare, but of the million people who suffer a ruptured brain aneurysm each year, almost half will die and only a third will recover without disabilities. A new ...

I take pride in trying to be a good anesthesiologist, but that hasn’t helped much in keeping my family from being devastated by a rare genetic disease called Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (VEDS). So ...

The middle meningeal artery is an artery located in the human head. This artery passes through an opening in the bones at the base of the skull called the foramen spinosum. This is a small opening, ...