New research challenges beliefs about "safe" drinking levels, revealing how even moderate alcohol consumption may cause ...

People who consumed high amounts of alcohol were more likely to have brain lesions and cognitive decline, according to a new ...

Figure 1a: AP or front view of a brain angiogram showing the right internal carotid artery narrowing into the small tangles of moyamoya “puff of smoke” vessels (red arrow). Figure 1b: A normal ...

A new study links heavy alcohol consumption to brain damage, showing increased risks of dementia, vascular brain lesions, and ...

Carotid stenosis is also known as carotid disease and carotid ... and the internal carotid artery (ICA) leading to the brain (larger vessel on the left). The image depicts the yellow colored plaque ...

The interaction between the brain and the vascular system could hold the key to lowering disease risk. According to the ...

Heavy and former heavy drinking is associated with brain abnormalities like hyaline arteriolosclerosis and neurofibrillary ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have found a way around that problem by targeting the network of vessels that drain waste from the brain.

Having elevated glucose in the blood can cause narrowing of the blood vessels supplying the brain and contribute to the buildup of plaque (hardening of the arteries). Elevated cholesterol ...