Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

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The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

A new bill aims to make it easier for child caregivers to earn the keys to their parent’s homes in return for their years of ...

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Exercise-induced hypertension (EIH) is common in adults with coarctation of the aorta (COA), but there are limited data about hemodynamics and outcomes in such patients. The purpose of this study was ...

Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses — to avoid being eaten by them when the sea deed ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...