Plaque afflicts more than just teeth. A cholesterol-infused version of the stuff can also coat the inner lining of arteries, sometimes hardening and narrowing those canals to the point that ...

The HARVEY platform leverages supercomputing, physics-based simulations, and wearable device data to monitor real-time ...

A research team led by Matthew Nystoriak, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), has uncovered groundbreaking ...

From reduced blood flow to brain damage, here’s what happens to the brain during a heart attack or cardiac arrest.

Matthew Nystoriak, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), has uncovered groundbreaking insights into heart health in ...

Having normal cholesterol does not make a person completely immune to a heart attack. High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, family history, obesity, inactivity, kidney disease and other factors can ...

Lower cardiac output has been tied to poorer cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the temporal lobes of older adults without heart failure, a finding that adds to a growing body of research linking heart ...

High cholesterol usually causes no symptoms, but very high cholesterol and cholesterol-related artery disease can sometimes ...