Veteran filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan recently underwent a preventive carotid artery surgery, which was diagnosed to be over 75 per cent blocked despite showing no symptoms. According to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When discussing cardiovascular health, our minds often drift right to the heart. The heart is, indeed, at the heart of the ...

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 ...

Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, death from any cause and future ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our lives are filled with plastic, in everything from packaging to textiles. New research suggests “micronanoplastics” might be ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a widow, 80, with type 2 diabetes, an elevated cholesterol level and -- the reason for me writing you -- recurring faintness when I look up. Six months ago, I checked with my ...

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 ...

The study could not determine whether reduced blood flow to the brain is the sole or most important reason for cognitive decline in carotid artery disease. "Some characteristics of a blockage can ...