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Reduce Arterial Plaque With Garlic
Medical therapy such as aggressive control of blood pressure and cholesterol is more helpful to people who have symptomless buildup of plaque in their neck arteries than surgery, new research suggests. Investigators say these non-invasive therapies reduced patients' risk of stroke, heart attack, need for surgery, and death. Carotid artery surgery and stenting are the most common treatments for neck-artery plaque buildup, and researchers say that in 95 percent of these surgical interventions are...
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