It's scary hearing your doctor say your arteries aren't in great shape. Years of eating fried foods and meals rich in butter and sugar have finally caught up to you, and now you're in the danger zone ...

Unclogging arteries without surgery has become commonplace, but now there's a new twist. Instead of going up through an artery in the groin, doctors at Swedish Medical Center are using the wrist - and ...

Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer in the United States, but there may be a breakthrough in a major aspect of cardiovascular health: clogged arteries. The condition, known as coronary artery ...

When people develop PAD, their legs typically don't receive enough blood flow to keep up with the demand. The most common symptom is leg pain when walking. PAD may also be a sign of a more widespread ...

New swarms of “ant-like” robots are able to lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles. The tiny magnetic automatons, developed by scientists in South Korea, work together like insects to ...

Spectranetics Corp., a maker of lasers used to open clogged arteries, agreed to pay $5 million to settle U.S. claims that it imported medical devices illegally and violated rules in clinical trials ...

Sadly, any clogging of the arteries is permanent - once fatty deposits (or atherosclerosis) have begun to build up in their lining, there is nothing you can do to remove them. That means that ...