Daily Archives: March 11, 2024

Plastic particles in arteries increase risk of heart attack

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic—an American research and medical center—have found that plastic microplastics that enter human arteries increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The results of this study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Microplastics are small—typically less than five millimeters in size—plastic particles that enter the environment from…

Chronic stress promotes cancer metastasis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, have discovered that stress causes blood cells called neutrophils to form sticky, mesh-like structures that make tissues more susceptible to cancer metastases. The results of this study were published in the journal Cancer Cell. In the study, scientists subjected a group of laboratory mice with breast cancer…