The cause of heart disease is generally clogged arteries. These blood vessels can be blocked by fatty plaque that contains ...

Neutrophils, one of the immune system warriors that were thought to be all the same, turn out to be diverse. Unfortunately, ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Micronanoplastics—tiny plastic particles from environmental sources—were found in much higher concentrations in the arteries of people with plaque-related stroke symptoms compared to those with ...

TINY bits of plastic have been discovered in the blocked arteries of stroke sufferers. In new research, scientists found that blocked blood vessels contain 50 times more minuscule bits of plastic ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

The study, published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, challenges the conventional belief that a type of fat called ceramides accumulates in blood vessels causing inflammation and health risks.

But paradoxically, it can also lead to further damage to the blood vessels in the brain. "This is the first time we've looked at how the brain's blood vessels react to a stroke at the molecular ...

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a crucial role in our circulatory system. While it has long been known that ...

Abnormally high blood pressure can damage the small blood vessels in the brain, causing brain injury and atrophy, and driving neuroinflammation. When people have hypertension, especially in ...