Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, and weight loss is often recommended to lower that risk. However, keeping weight off long term is difficult for most people, even with... read more →
The build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the blood vessels of the heart and neck can cause heart attack and stroke. Despite current preventive treatments, these diseases remain the leading causes... read more →
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common condition in older adults where a toxic protein called amyloid-beta builds up in the walls of brain blood vessels, weakening them. This can... read more →
Recent progress in the field of cardiology has demonstrated that several human heart conditions are caused by specific cells of the immune system called T cells. In these diseases, T... read more →