Eating one's placenta, or placentophagy, isn’t necessarily a new trend, but it’s one that’s gained more notoriety in recent years. While most people transform their placenta into pill-form ...

Background Calcified cerebral emboli (CCEs) are a rare cause of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and are frequently associated with poor outcomes. The presence of dense calcified material enables reliable ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Figure 2 provides a birds-eye view of the current and future trends in the management of severe OSD. Current management may not completely restore the functions and structure of the ocular surface ...

It means imaging does not show a buildup of calcified plaque in the heart’s blood vessels. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores show the calcium level in the arteries. CAC levels can help ...

From the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (L.A.P., L.F.G., M.L.) Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital ...