Raman spectroscopy quantified the distribution of specific mineral species, proteins and lipids in aortic tissue cross sections, according to a study published in Science Advances. The researchers ...

Heart disease and stroke are the world's two most deadly diseases, causing over 15 million deaths in 2016 according to the World Health Organization. A key underlying factor in both of these global ...

Although intracranial carotid artery calcification (ICAC) is a recognized risk factor for stroke in African Americans and Asians, a new study shows that it is also an important cause of strokes among ...

Building on prior research on vascular calcification in the mummified remains of ancient people, the Horus Study Group has now made a similar discovery in Inuit people who lived on the Greenlandic ...

Although atherosclerosis is widely thought to be a disease of modern times, computed tomographic (CT) evidence of atherosclerosis has been found in the bodies of a large number of mummies. In a paper ...

The presence of breast arterial calcification, easily detected on standard mammography but typically considered inconsequential in breast cancer screening, shows significance as a possible marker of ...

IN numerous studies of male populations it has been found that death rates and incidence rates of coronary heart disease (International List category 420) are higher among cigarette smokers than among ...

A new study published in the American Heart Journal used spectroscopic imaging techniques to ‘see’ fatty plaques in the arteries of ancient mummies. This shows that the people of ancient times also ...

Athletes, paradoxically, have been shown to have more coronary atherosclerosis compared with their less-active peers—now new data hint that the amount of plaque, and its makeup, may vary by sport. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over 18 years, more women with breast arterial calcifications on mammography developed heart disease vs. those ...