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Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a narrowing of the courses brought about by a development of plaque. Courses are the veins that convey oxygen and supplements from your heart to the remainder of your body. In other words, it is the deposition of plaques of fatty material on the arteries' inner walls.
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OCT 09, 2017
Cardiology
When your muscles feel stiff - if you’ve just woken up or you’re sore from exercise - it’s difficult t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 03, 2017
Cardiology
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and scientists involved in a new study would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2017
Cardiology
Prescribing drugs that lower “bad” cholesterol is a common approach to treating heart disease, but scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2017
Cardiology
Heart disease is one of those health problems that stems from a complicated mixture of factors. Preventing heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation in the liver and boosted cholesterol levels in the blood vessels create the perfect storm for vascular dise
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists are illustrating the power of a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in the context of heart disease in a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala
...
JUL 31, 2017
Cardiology
Most other current research on progeria, a rare and fatal genetic aging condition, revolves around genetics, but John P.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 12, 2017
Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2017
Cardiology
A natural sugar called trehalose reduces plaques associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease by improving t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists from Oregon State University are testing the waters for people with “life-limiting” illnes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2017
Cardiology
Survivors of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma are at a greater risk of severe coronary artery disease in the decades following c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 07, 2017
Cardiology
It comes to no surprise that the extreme temperatures and and labor experienced by firefighters take a toll on their car
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 23, 2017
Cardiology
Someday there might be a database of factors collected by years of scientific research available as a source of i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 13, 2017
Cardiology
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women can relieve the symptoms of menopause, whether it is hot flashes, vag
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 03, 2017
Cardiology
A new, non-invasive technique for detecting inflammation provides a unique opportunity for the early identification of a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 22, 2017
Cardiology
New research clarifies why some people seem to derive a heart-protective benefit from eating soy foods and others d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
A heart health test for young people can be done easily in school during gym or recreation time, and experts believe tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2017
Videos
Is your brain stressed? A new study shows that an amygdala that becomes overactive due to chronic stress can cause eleva
...
Written By:
Kara Marker