Researchers in Finland have found evidence that the plaque found in our arteries can contain bacteria that could set off a heart attack under the right circumstances. Reading time 3 minutes Germs ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics—those tiny pieces of plastic that exist nearly everywhere- have now been found deep in the human body. More shockingly, a new study links these plastic particles to a ...

In a Perspective published today in the inaugural issue of Brain Health ( an international team of investigators argues that ...

For decades, many of us have been told that arterial plaque buildup, that is, the sticky fatty deposits that line our arteries, is a permanent condition. The common belief is that once these plaques ...

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High cholesterol can lead to the buildup of fatty deposits within arteries throughout the body, causing complications like ...

Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look — including throughout the human body. Microplastics and their even tinier cousins, nanoplastics, are probably ...

Standard methods for calculating heart attack risk based on arterial plaque may be underestimating risks for women, according to a new study. In the study, published Monday in Circulation: ...

Researchers found that patients with microplastics in their arterial plaque were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or die within three years. A 2025 study published in the New ...

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