The risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm also goes up with age. Because of his history of smoking and his age, you are correct that your father-in-law should be screened for an abdominal aortic ...

What Is an AAA Screening Ultrasound? An AAA screening (or abdominal aortic aneurysm screening) is an ultrasound that looks at the main blood vessels in the abdomen. This imaging study allows your ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Ira McKay, 77, spends most days working on the five-acre Madison County farm he shares with his fiancé, Barbara Bowman-Johnson. He's enjoyed a life free of health concerns and has a ...

Seattle residents 60 or older can get a free abdominal aortic aneurysm screening at the Kmart Pharmacy at 13200 Aurora Ave. N. on Saturday. The ultrasound screenings are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

Unlike cancers, AIDS or heart disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms kill thousands of Americans every year with virtually no warning signs. Under new national recommendations, Dr. Ed Boyle, of Bend, is ...

Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of a rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium – an accumulation of blood in the sac around his heart – his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder announced on ...

One disease is more common in people assigned female at birth, while the other is more common in people assigned male at birth. But a new publication details a “shared complex genetic architecture” ...