Fukuoka, Japan - Investigators for the Cholesterol Embolism Study (CHEST) say the risk of cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) following cardiac catheterization is underrecognized, particularly in ...

To a trained medical eye, something like a spot or a bruise can reveal a lot more about a person’s health than they might realise. So too can a “net-like pattern” on your skin, the American Academy of ...

Skin discolouration: These symptoms clearly show a high cholesterol level in your body, which indicates you have a blockage in a blood vessel. Purple net pattern on skin: This net-like pattern can ...

An elderly man with a history of hypertension and atrial flutter was referred to an internal medicine out-patient clinic because of purple-tinged and painful toes for over a year. His medications were ...

HIGH cholesterol is often caused by eating fatty food or being overweight. It occurs when you have too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol in your blood. There do not tend to be signs, and ...

Heart disease is not a disorder that happens all of a sudden in the body. This disease builds itself over months and years. By the time it becomes visible, it might have already overpowered the entire ...