For years, pomegranates have enjoyed a reputation as a "heart-healthy" fruit. As a cardiovascular researcher, I have often ...

IN numerous studies of male populations it has been found that death rates and incidence rates of coronary heart disease (International List category 420) are higher among cigarette smokers than among ...

Eating certain foods may help prevent clogged arteries and lower your risk of heart disease. Some examples include berries, beans, tomatoes, fish, oats, and leafy greens. Atherosclerosis occurs when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior to 1990, many assumed that once cholesterol plaques form in the arteries causing atherosclerosis, it was not reversible.

Essentially everyone on the S.A.D. (standard American diet) has at least some degree of hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis or plaque. This is primarily because this diet is high ...

Results of a new study shows that sleeping less than six hours or waking up several times in the night is associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, which silently hardens and ...

Postmortem evaluation of coronary arteries from more than 2,600 individuals who died of noncardiac causes before age 35 has identified what appears to be a unique subset whose disease progressed ...

Optimal health depends on unobstructed blood flow to all our organs and tissues. Atherosclerosis obstructs blood flow acutely (e.g. heart attacks, strokes) or chronically. Columns in February (heart ...

When health risks become visible in black and white, perspectives often shift. A study from Umeå University shows that when ...

From April 1994 to September 2003, 62 patients with symptomatic iliac artery occlusive disease were scheduled for a total of 63 RIAEs at a single vascular center in a teaching hospital. Baseline ...

Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis are sometimes mistaken for the same condition. But atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis with different causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Prior to 1990, many assumed that once cholesterol plaques form in the arteries causing atherosclerosis, it was not reversible. While this is true for plaques that have calcified, what about plaques in ...