LOS ANGELES -- The cause of Alan Thicke's death was a ruptured aorta, the coroner's office revealed on Wednesday. Thicke died last week at the age of 69. He was best known for his role as Dr. Jason ...

Fernando Martinez wasn’t sick. He wasn’t in the hospital. And then, suddenly, he was gone.The Maryland father died ...

The largest artery in the body, the aorta, begins at the heart and runs through the chest and abdomen. This one artery is responsible for supplying oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. But, this ...

HINGHAM − Nearly a year later, Steve Rosenberg goes over the sequence of lucky breaks that saved his life. He tells the story calmly, even with humor. On a Sunday evening last February, Steve, then 65 ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are often silent but can be deadly if they rupture. Screening can detect them early, ...