Tag: Atherosclerosis

  • Nation & World

    Sleep, heart disease link leads from brain to marrow

    New research from Massachusetts General Hospital traces a previously unknown pathway from poor sleep to an increase in the fatty plaques that line blood vessels in atherosclerosis, a key feature of cardiovascular disease.

    4 minutes
    Cameron McAlpine and Filip Swirski.
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    Clues of heart disease found in 16th-century mummies

    CT scans reveal evidence of atherosclerosis in 16th-century mummies from Greenland. The mummies were of particular interest due to their diet, which relied on fish — commonly touted as a heart-healthy diet.

    4 minutes
    CT scan of mummy
  • Nation & World

    Progress and challenge on Alzheimer’s

    Harvard epidemiologist Albert Hofman said most Alzheimer’s cases are likely related to non-genetic causes, particularly vascular health, which explains decreased incidence of the disease in recent years.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A way to inhibit inflammation of blood vessel linings

    A study led by Harvard-affiliated researchers is the first to demonstrate that BET bromodomain-containing proteins help execute inflammation in the endothelium while inhibition of BET bromodomain can significantly decrease atherosclerosis in vivo.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Heart attack worsens atherosclerosis

    Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the body’s immune response to heart attacks actually worsens atherosclerosis, increasing future heart attack risk, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A closer look at atherosclerosis

    Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a one-micrometer-resolution version of the intravascular imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can reveal cellular and subcellular features of coronary artery disease.

    3 minutes