There's a "balloon" in us that may exist without us knowing it does. And the outcome can be deadly. ACTRESS Kim Chiu’s mother was laid to rest on June 29 at age 50. Her death though brought to the public’s attention the deadly handiwork of aneurysm. Aneurism is a localized, blood-filled bulge (balloon-like) in the wall of a blood vessel that usually carries oxygenated blood, called an artery. What makes it deadly is its location. It commonly occurs in arteries at... [ READ MORE ] This article appears in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 10 July 2013.
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