Sentences with phrase «known as atherosclerosis»

Similarly, fatty foods, such as large amounts of butter, nuts and fatty meat, can lead to the buildup of fat deposits within arteries (known as atherosclerosis) that can make some birds, like people, prone to heart disease and stroke.

The prevalence of heart disease and heart attacks has most people thinking arterial plaque, also known as atherosclerosis, is inevitable.

Animal studies of peanut oil indicate that the lectins contribute to hardening of the arteries, otherwise known as atherosclerosis.

The most common type of heart disease, coronary artery disease, is related to a condition known as atherosclerosis, the accumulation of plaque in the arteries.

Heart problems, including coronary artery disease (CAD), are most likely to occur in those with high blood pressure; 1,200 mg of garlic extract per day has been shown to reduce blood pressure by up to 8 % after as little as one month's use, as well as minimizing the thickening and hardening of the arteries, better known as atherosclerosis.

Caused by plaque build - up in your coronary arteries and also known as atherosclerosis.

TMAO increases the risk that someone will develop hardening of the arteries, which is also known as atherosclerosis (ATH - er - oh - sklah - ROW - sis).

Inflammation is a key contributor to the hardening and narrowing of the arteries known as atherosclerosis — a condition that can lead to heart attack or stroke.

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And as we now know, chronic inflammation can cause a host diseases and debilitating conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, digestive disorders (from IBD and IBS to Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), asthma, ulcers, sinusitis, atherosclerosis, periodontitis, hay fever, active hepatitis, diabetes, Alzheimer's and even cancer.

These cytokines are known to be involved in problems in other body organs, such as the joints (arthritis), the coronary arteries (atherosclerosis) and the lungs (asthma).

They found that blocking ANGPTL3 activity with an investigative injectable antibody, known as evinacumab, reduced triglycerides by up to 76 percent and lowered LDL cholesterol 23 percent in human study participants, and largely reversed signs of atherosclerosis in a mouse models.

To date, the one known as cis - 9, trans - 11 (c9, t11) has gotten the most attention for its potential to not only prevent certain cancers and atherosclerosis, but also to limit the accumulation of body fat (see The Good Trans Fat).

Atherosclerosis — hardening of the arteries — is a potentially serious condition where arteries become clogged by a build - up of fatty deposits known as «plaques».

«As it is known that atherosclerosis is linked to inflammation, our next step was to look for an association of high - risk plaques with other systemic inflammatory conditions such as NAFLD,» said the study's lead author, Stefan B. Puchner, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Medical University of Vienna, AustriAs it is known that atherosclerosis is linked to inflammation, our next step was to look for an association of high - risk plaques with other systemic inflammatory conditions such as NAFLD,» said the study's lead author, Stefan B. Puchner, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Medical University of Vienna, Austrias NAFLD,» said the study's lead author, Stefan B. Puchner, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease — collectively known as «cardiovascular disease».

Heart specialists have used the test, known as carotid intima - media thickness, or CIMT, for more than a decade in large research studies to monitor the effects of exercise, diet or medications on the progression of atherosclerosis.

atherosclerosis A disease that is also known as hardening of the arteries.

atherosclerosis A form of heart disease where the vessels and arteries can be narrowed dangerously (threatening to clog completely) by the buildup of fatty deposits known as plaque.

Reykjavik, ICELAND, March 9, 2005 — deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN) today announced that it has begun enrolling subjects in a Phase I clinical trial for DG041, the company's developmental compound for the treatment of atherosclerosis of the extremeties, commonly known as peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD).

Physical activity has been shown to boost HDL (known as «good cholesterol») and lower LDL, which contributes to atherosclerosis.

PAD is the result of atherosclerosis, a narrowing and hardening of the arteries caused by excess LDL cholesterol (known as «bad cholesterol») in the bloodstream.

Most people (including many doctors and researchers who should know better) think of atherosclerosis as simply a build up of fat and cholesterol on the inside of arteries (similar to what happens when you pour bacon grease down the sink).

Also known as clogged arteries, or atherosclerosis, this buildup may cause blood clots to form.

As the editor - in - chief of the American Journal of Cardiology noted 25 years ago, no matter how much fat and cholesterol carnivores eat, they do not develop atherosclerosis.

Inflammation creates lesions on arterial walls, thus contributing to the formation of plaque within the arteries — a process known as «atherosclerosis.»

The body uses cholesterol to patch the damaged areas contributing to the formation of plaque within the arteries — a process known as «atherosclerosis.»

In my long experience as a health promoter, naturopath and lecturer, which started in 1987, I have personally known many people who used to be obese, suffered from cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetes, depression and many other diet - and lifestyle - related conditions who desperately tried different medications, therapies, and diets but failed to permanently solve their health problems.