by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Credit: Stroke (2024). DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043647Along each side of the neck are a pair of arteries that supply blood to the brain. It’s rare for one of those blood vessels to tear. But it’s one of the most common causes of a stroke in younger adults, according to a new report...
by University of Pittsburgh Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers discovered a molecular mechanism by which excessive dietary protein could increase atherosclerosis risk. The findings were published in Nature Metabolism. The study, which combined small human trials with experiments in mice and cells in a Petri dish, showed that consuming over 22%...
