Tiny pieces of plastic are infiltrating the large arteries in the neck that carry blood from the heart to the head, with the ...

One of the most common signs that arteries might be blocked is chest pain, often called angina. People often describe it as a ...

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s ...

TINY bits of plastic have been discovered in the blocked arteries of stroke sufferers. In new research, scientists found that ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

This can provoke further inflammation, resulting in a larger plaque and an even narrower artery." The danger of narrowed arteries lies in their potential to become blocked, inhibiting the ...

it’s not clear how these plastics might influence plaque formation WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s ...

mini-stroke or temporary loss of vision caused by clogged neck arteries. People with plaque but no symptoms had an average 895 micrograms of micronanoplastics for every gram of plaque analyzed ...