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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Having less artery-clogging plaque did not appear to protect women from heart disease, according to a recent American Heart Association study. In addition, women faced increased ...

Women may develop a risk of heart attack even at lower levels of plaque deposition in the arteries, according to a study. Women are known to typically have lower amounts of artery-clogging plaque ...

Calcified coronary plaque in people under 50 years, even a small amount, was strongly associated with increased risk of developing clinical coronary heart disease in the decade after, according to a ...

Less artery-clogging plaque in women's arteries did not appear to protect them from heart disease compared to men, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. While heart ...

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 ...

Despite experiencing significant reductions in triglycerides, patients with triglycerides over 150 mg/dL and a high risk of ...

began feeling a little pain in his chest three years ago. He was losing his breath. The 67-year-old, who admits he had gained too much weight, felt as though his heart may be giving out. But it wasn't ...

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 ...

After analyzing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2,700 people in a federally funded heart disease study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and elsewhere conclude that taking calcium in the ...