Sept. 19 is Aortic Dissection Awareness Day. Amy Yasbeck, who was married to John Ritter, founded the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health shortly after his death from an acute aortic dissection.

GREENVILLE, N.C (WNCT)- ECU Health held its first-annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day during Aortic Disease Awareness Month. The event aimed to educate health professionals, as well as, patients at ...

John Ritter died in 2003 at 54 years old from an acute aortic dissection, but according to his widow, Amy Yasbeck, he could have been saved. “I want people to know that John didn't have to die. Aortic ...

Montefiore Medical Center hosted a conference Friday to raise awareness about aortic health. News 12 spoke to a Bronx doctor as well as the wife of the late John Ritter about losing their loved ones ...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An aortic dissection can be a catastrophic condition in which a tear occurs in the aorta, the body’s main artery. It can affect anyone, at any age, and could be deadly.

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – A Dallas family's near-tragedy has turned into a mission to raise awareness about aortic dissection. It's a genetic but also preventable condition that Rob Strauss knew ...

Kaley Cuoco is honoring her late friend John Ritter. Seventeen years after the television star died of an aortic dissection in 2003, his 8 Simple Rules costar reflected on the actor's enduring legacy.

The Ninth Annual Adler Paddler, an enduring tribute to surfboard glasser, standup paddle racer and former Long Beach resident Steve Adler, drew scores of paddlers to Long Beach’s shoreline on Sunday, ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — One woman’s near-death experience could breathe life into an effort to raise awareness of aortic aneurysms. On July 5, 2019, Alice Ziccardi, 80, of Highland, survived an aortic ...