A condition called atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of heart disease. It happens when fat and cholesterol build up ...

A serious type of heart disease is called coronary artery disease. This happens when a sticky substance called plaque builds ...

AGC Biologics today announced it is partnering with Repair Biotechnologies to tackle one of the world's most persistent health challenges and cause of mortality. The collaboration will focus on ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients ...

Have you ever run your tongue over your teeth and noticed a fuzzy feeling? That's not just leftover food, it's dental plaque, and if you don't deal with it, it can cause serious trouble. Dental plaque ...

A significant part of dental hygiene often focuses on aesthetic concerns, yet the importance of gums is often overlooked. Gums serve as the covering for the jawbone and roots of the teeth, help ...

UT Southwestern’s Zhao Zhang awarded Jack Sarver Prize in Basic Science for shedding light on a group of conditions affecting ...

Carotid plaques block the blood supply to the brain. It is often considered a leading cause of stroke. Ethnicity-based ...

Prion proteins appear to be the key culprit in the loss of memory in mice with brains riddled with plaques associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, Yale scientists report. The findings reported in the ...

The cholesterol medication alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, combined with a statin appeared to reduce LDL cholesterol levels by more than 50% among patients after a heart transplant, according to a late ...