A small new study adds to the evidence that microplastics can accumulate in the body and are tied to higher levels of ...

The human circulatory system represents an intricate network of vessels that extends throughout the entire body. This complex arrangement of arteries, veins, and capillaries works continuously to ...

A team led by Dr. Elena Cano in the Integrative Vascular Biology Lab of Professor Holger Gerhardt at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin has elucidated the mechanism via which new arteries form in the ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death around the world. One of the biggest reasons is a condition called ...

Thrombosis is a serious complication of heart disease that occurs when blood clots form inside blood vessels or a heart chamber. The blood clots can block the flow of blood and cause life-threatening ...

Arterial thrombosis means that a blood clot has formed in an artery. If blood flow is blocked to a vital organ like the heart or brain, this condition can be fatal. Blood clots can form throughout the ...

Doctors are no longer just warning that plastic is everywhere in the environment. They are now literally finding tiny fragments of it embedded in human arteries, where those particles appear to track ...