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Carotid Artery Articles:

Bone Loss Linked to Hardening Arteries

Postmenopausal women have another good reason to do everything they can to help maintain healthy bone density – the failure to do so is now linked to an increase in plaque in the carotid artery

Read More:  atherosclerosis, bone loss, carotid artery, postmenopausal

DHA Stabilizes Carotid Artery Plaque

The plaque along the walls of arteries is itself a biologically active. If macrophages are cranking out inflammation then the plaque takes on various features associated with unstable plaque on the verge of coming loose and causing a stroke. A new study of human carotid artery plaque has found that those with the most unstable plaque have the least amount of DHA in the plaque.

Read More:  carotid artery, DHA, plaque