Science news articles about 'diseased arteries'

... Journal of Clinical Pathology, Geisinger researchers examined a disorder known as temporal arteritis. In this disease, arteries swell and restrict blood flow to the brain. Temporal arteritis can ...

... performed 3-D MRI on the carotid arteries of 11 patients, age 69 to 81. ... plaques were then surgically removed from the patients' diseased arteries and analyzed under a microscope. The research team ...

... or infection. The current study sought to answer the question: can angiotensin II achieve these disease-causing effects if CypA is not there to pass on its message? To clarify the role of CypA, ...

... -carbohydrate diets, popular because they can work well for weight loss, have been linked by researchers to diseased arteries, a risk factor for stroke and heart disease. But the study looked at the ...

... remains of Pharaoh Merenptah, who died in 1,203BC. The plate said the pharaoh died at the age of 60 and suffered diseased arteries, arthritis and tooth decay.The US and Egyptian experts ...

... 000 times each year to perform coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. Lastly, the discoveries ... like nitroglycerin, which increase blood flow in diseased arteries by causing them to dilate throughout ...

... -saving when they stop bleeding, but life-threatening when they form in diseased arteries feeding the heart. Here they can cause a heart attack, and do so in 146,000 people in the UK ...