California native Christina Aleksanian is lucky to be alive after she had a stroke hours after giving birth to her third ...

Foramen magnum: A large hole at the underside of the skull where the spinal cord enters the skull to attach to the brain. Gluteal tuberosity: Located on the back surface of the femur where part of ...

And the hole through which the spinal cord enters the skull, called the foramen magnum, is near the center of the cranium in humans, allowing our heads to balance easily atop our spines rather ...

Messe SR, Silverman IE, Kizer JR, et al. Practice parameter: recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American ...

He called it the “pineal eye or parietal eye”, as he saw it was associated with the parietal foramen and the pineal stalk.

Christina Aleksanian, 36, of Granada Hills, was recovering in the hospital after giving birth to her third child, a daughter ...

and more downwardly oriented foramen magnum (hole where spinal cord exits brain), suggesting upright posture and locomotion ...

A California woman survives a stroke post-childbirth thanks to the urgent medical intervention that eventually saved her life ...

New-onset migraine was noted in ten patients. ASD: Atrial septal defect; NA: Not assessed; NR: Not reported; PFO: Patent foramen ovale. The following arguments support the hypothesis that ...

Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length of nearly 30 meters and weighing nearly 200 tons, they are the all-time undisputed heavyweight ...

Rageh Omaar recently suffered a ‘mini stroke’ live on air. But what is it, who is at risk – and is it serious?

Possible mechanisms explaining the migraine-stroke connection include genetic predisposition, endothelial dysfunction, coagulation abnormalities, arterial dissection, and paradoxical embolism via a ...