The results of research headed by a team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine suggest that revving up a cellular housekeeping process that slows down as we age may protect against atherosclerosis.

The protein CARD8 regulates several inflammatory proteins in people with atherosclerosis. This is shown in a new study by örebro researchers published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports. We ...

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process accounting for increased cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality. A wealth of recent data has implicated several infectious agents, ...

Clin Lipidology. 2012;7(3):329-343. Lipid therapies are often developed based on the expected mechanistic action to change cholesterol metabolism and, thus, impact the atherosclerosis process. Ongoing ...

We read with interest the Lancet Commission1 on rethinking coronary artery disease, which shifts focus from ischaemia to atherosclerosis. The prominence of diet as a risk factor for atherosclerotic ...

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, MARCH 1, 2010 – A two-year study led by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) found that healthy, long-term weight loss diets can significantly reverse carotid ...

Losing weight doesn't just make you look and feel better. It also makes good things happen inside your arteries. To do that work, your arteries need to be healthy. If they become narrower and less ...

A comparison of two types of medications to treat type 2 diabetes finds that pioglitazone is more effective at lowering the rate of progression of plaque build-up in the coronary arteries than ...