While keeping the palm flat, if a person’s thumb extends beyond the edge of the palm, they may be at risk of having an aortic aneurysm, according to researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale ...

A Yale study has found that a self-conducted test involving the thumb and palm of one hand could help alert thousands of people each year to their risk of having a hidden aortic aneurysm. Aortic ...

A simple thumb test can help indicate whether a person is harboring a hidden aortic aneurysm — which can prove fatal if left undetected and untreated, new research reveals. The self-conducted test, ...

A simple "thumb palm test" may indicate whether someone has an ascending aortic aneurysm, or a potentially fatal ballooning of a large artery in the heart, researchers say, suggesting the test be ...

(WTNH) — It’s a simple test you can do right now, and it could save your life. According to a Yale News report, aortic aneurysms are the 13 th most common cause of U.S. deaths. They kill about 10,000 ...

U.S. researchers say they've identified a biomarker that could help spot types of aortic aneurysms and dissections much better than current diagnostic practices allow. Someday, their discovery could ...