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.

Diabetic macrovascular complications are the main cause of death and disability in diabetes patients, of which vascular calcification is one of the key pathological mechanisms. Calcification in ...

A drug candidate, previously successful at treating severe fatty liver disease, reduces atherosclerosis—a primary driver of cardiovascular death worldwide—in large mammals, a study suggests. DT-109 ...

University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine researchers have created an atlas of atherosclerosis that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the ...

A study carried out at Mount Sinaí Fuster Heart Hospital in New York in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid provides important new information ...

The top panels show an axial view (left) and a longitudinal view (right). The 3D volumetric representation (bottom) provides a detailed and accurate visualization of the plaque, allowing a thorough ...

A large study from Sweden concludes that a high salt intake is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis, even in the absence of hypertension. The study, including more than 10,000 individuals ...

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 ...