Three years ago, Dr. Meghana Helder lost a patient hours after performing a risky heart surgery. The procedure, to repair a ...

The use of keyhole surgery to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is both clinically and cost effective and should be adopted more widely, concludes a randomised trial published by The BMJ today ...

There is substantial international variation in mortality rates after treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm, or enlargement of the aorta. A BJS (British Journal of Surgery) study that compared ...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) plus routine care was linked to a 19% improvement in treatment effectiveness and significantly improved neurologic recovery, activities of daily living (ADL), and ...

Open surgery: Neurosurgeons make an incision in the skull and then place a metal clip over the aneurysm to treat it. Endovascular surgery: Neurosurgeons access an artery (typically in the wrist or ...

Patients who have undergone surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm related to having a bicuspid aortic valve have a low risk of future aneurysm events even if participating in endurance exercise, a new ...

Caroline McCaffrey was 18 years old when her severe headache turned out to be a ruptured aneurysm. The experience then led to ...

A robot was used to treat brain aneurysms for the first time. The robotic system could eventually allow remote surgery, enabling surgeons to treat strokes from afar. Embargoed until 11:15 a.m. Pacific ...

Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery. Typically an aneurysm occurs when a part of the wall of an artery (a type ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ashy Bines was 35 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain ...

Living in New York, Julie Brothers is no stranger to a fight — whether it’s for her dream job, a spot on a packed subway or the last slice of pizza after a long day. But last year, she found herself ...