Our lives are filled with plastic, in everything from packaging to textiles. New research suggests “micronanoplastics” might be accumulating in arteries, with potentially serious consequences for our ...

Cracking your neck is a common thing but could have devastating consequences, with some people experiencing a stroke ...

BPSS was initially described in four patients in 1974 — the term was coined nearly two decades later, in 1993, by a New York ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Salon hair washing can trigger rare beauty parlor stroke syndrome when neck positioning compresses arteries, though proper support reduces risk significantly.

The hyperextension that occurs when tilting a person's head back into a salon shampoo bowl can lead to beauty parlor stroke ...