Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body’s cells.

Rakesh Roshan took to Instagram to share a sudden health scare he recently experienced. He posted a picture with the staff of the hospital where he underwent treatment. Rakesh shared that he had ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Revascularization with either stenting or endarterectomy does not improve cognitive function compared with medical management alone in patients who have asymptomatic high-grade carotid ...

The study showed that, before carotid stenosis treatment, 786 patients with severe (over 70% blocked) but symptomless carotid stenosis who entered the CREST-2 trial had lower cognitive skills scores - ...

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our lives are filled with plastic, in everything from packaging to textiles. New research suggests “micronanoplastics” might be ...

CHATTANOOGA, TN – In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson designated February to be National Heart Month. At the time, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in the United States so he wanted ...

For decades, the management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis sat in a gray zone: older trials suggested a small benefit of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) over standard medical therapy, but improvements ...

Veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan has opened up about a recent health scare that led to an unexpected hospitalisation. Today (July 22), the Koi Mil Gaya director revealed that during a routine full-body ...

Iconic country singer Ronnie McDowell shared a hopeful update following surgery to clear plaque from his carotid artery, just weeks after suffering a stroke during a concert. McDowell, 75, was ...

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 ...