As we age, our arteries gradually become less flexible, making it harder for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. This hardening of the arteries occurs faster in people with high blood ...

At the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting, researchers have presented findings about how pregnancy can worsen the rupture risk for brain arteriovenous malformations, ...

Each year, by conservative estimate, at least 175,000 people in the U.S. die of strokes—accidents to the arteries in the brain. Among 1,800,000 survivors of strokes, a large number are severely ...

Brain aneurysms are among the most frightening and unexpected medical situations. Because they often display no symptoms before rupturing, brain aneurysms have been referred to as a "silent threat." ...