Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

An aneurysm can develop if there is a weak part of an artery wall. The walls of arteries are made of three layers: an inner lining of cells, a middle layer of muscle and elastic fibres ...

a SCAD is a tear in the heart's artery wall. "It's actually bleeding inside the artery wall, sort of like a bruise inside the artery, and that bruise can get so big that it blocks blood flow.

only allows blood to pass through one cell at a time Other features Thick muscular walls to withstand blood flowing at high pressure as it leaves the heart; the largest artery is the aorta Contain ...

More women are prone to spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD—a life-threatening heart condition that occurs when ...