Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body’s cells. And that’s especially true for your carotid (neck) arteries, since ...

Our lives are filled with plastic, in everything from packaging to textiles. New research suggests “micronanoplastics” might be accumulating in arteries, with potentially serious consequences for our ...

Carotid angioplasty and stenting can help open up blocked carotid arteries. It’s often used to help prevent strokes, and your doctor might recommend it if you have a blocked artery. If you’re feeling ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an ...

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 ...

John Davis’ resume includes serving as a test engineer of radar systems on the Apollo modules that went to the moon. The retired engineer knows firsthand about the value of testing, minding details ...

An Instagram star suffered a stroke while doing a yoga move and now she's sharing her story as a warning to others. Rebecca Leigh is a yoga enthusiast, inspiring her more than 26,000 followers on ...

Rakesh Roshan took to Instagram to share a sudden health scare he recently experienced. He posted a picture with the staff of the hospital where he underwent treatment. Rakesh shared that he had ...

Las Vegas mom Carissa Klundt ended up in the ICU and was bedridden for weeks after a chiropractic injury Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard ...

Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the ...