Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or ...

or cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), is an umbrella term for a range of conditions caused by damage to small blood vessels in the brain. An estimated 11 million Americans are living with CSVD ...

Studies in mice show that microplastics entering the bloodstream are engulfed by immune cells, forming clusters that can ...

Previous studies have shown a link between oral health, oral infection and damage to white matter and small blood vessels in the brain, as well as to a buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply ...

Bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed the potential cardiovascular health beneifts of consistent creatine ...

In a small cohort of adults in South Korea, the presence of cerebral small vessel disease was associated with color reading ...

Early dysfunction of the endothelial/blood-brain barrier (BBB) is involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), which is a contributor to about 50% of dementias.

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...