New research on more than 1,400 patients aged 75 and older found that clearing all blood vessels lowers the one-year risk for death, having another heart attack or stroke, or needing another ...

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Exercise lowers blood pressure by making the heart stronger and increasing the elasticity of blood vessels. It can also help ...

Modern CT scanners are so good that they can find calcium depositions inside major blood vessels. In your case, they found calcium inside one or more of the blood vessels of your heart.

The NFL star “went into total caregiver mode” following Scott Swift’s quintuple bypass, a source said Thursday.

CAD occurs when major blood vessels that supply the heart (coronary arteries) become narrow or blocked by the buildup of calcium, fats and other substances, called plaque, lessening the flow of ...

They travel through the bloodstream, where they affect the blood vessel walls. Some have anti-inflammatory effects, but others can raise inflammation and contribute to heart disease.

Lab-grown 'small blood vessels' point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia Date: November 16, 2023 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Scientists have grown ...

Cardiovascular disease—diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels—is the leading cause of death during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth, accounting for 27 percent of pregnancy ...

Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I recently published in the journal ...