Microplastics in plaque lining major blood vessel linked to heart ...
Mar 6, 2024 · Scientists found tiny nanoplastics in people’s arteries. Their presence was tied to a higher risk of heart disease. The new research is the first to associate such plastics inside the body with...
Microplastics in arteries linked with heart disease risk: Study - USA TODAY
Mar 7, 2024 · Now researchers in Italy have found that in people with microplastic in the plaque clogging their neck arteries, the risk of heart attack, stroke or death was four-and-a-half times higher than...
New technologies and medications that can prevent, reduce CVD …
DALLAS, Dec. 19, 2023 — Technologies that less invasively restore blood flow to blocked or narrowed arteries; a medicine that outsmarts high blood pressure’s development; and new evidence that diabetes drugs may offer heart health benefits to people that don’t have diabetes are among the news-making scientific research developments in the ...
What young adults can do right now to prevent heart attacks and …
Jul 30, 2024 · Clogged arteries – which can lead to heart attacks and strokes – can begin to develop in young adulthood. But a new study suggests it may be less likely to happen to those who better adhere to a set of lifestyle behaviors and factors such as maintaining a healthy weight and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol.
Plastic Was Found Inside More Than 50% of Plaques From Clogged Arteries
Jul 23, 2024 · Following 257 patients for 34 months, the researchers found nearly 60 percent of them had measurable amounts of polyethylene in plaques pulled from their fat-thickened arteries, and 12 percent also had polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in extracted fat deposits.
Heart Disease: Microplastics Found in Clogged Arteries May ... - Healthline
Mar 12, 2024 · Over an average of 34 months following the surgery, patients with microplastics in their arterial plaque were 4.5 times more likely to experience a severe cardiovascular health outcome, including...
Clogged arteries worsened by cells that behave like cancer cells
May 1, 2024 · Researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new treatment.
Clogged Arteries Worsened by Cells that Behave Like Cancer …
Apr 30, 2024 · Columbia researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new treatment.
Researchers find new strategy for preventing clogged arteries
Mar 28, 2022 · In findings published online today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., successfully...
PVC, other microplastics found in clogged arteries - Medical News Today
Mar 12, 2024 · Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular condition that occurs when the insides of the arteries of the body become clogged with a buildup of cholesterol and fats known as plaque. Researchers estimate...