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 ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries.

Research HighlightsA small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more ...

57 micrograms/gram) in plaque from people who had experienced stroke, mini-stroke or temporary loss of vision due to blockage ... blindness (called amaurosis fugax). About one-third of the samples ...

Patients with stroke or retinal artery occlusion as presenting event were more often clinically stable than patients with TIA or amaurosis fugax as presenting event (p = 0.004, chi-squared test ...

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 ...

The founders of OneCourt, Field of Vision, and Touch2See—based in Seattle ... a degenerative eye condition called Leber Congenital Amaurosis, shared a video of himself using OneCourt at a ...

Poulin was born with Leber’s Congential Amaurosis, a genetic disorder that causes visual impairment. He is only able to see outlines, shapes and contrast, not color. Poulin said running helps ...