The researchers looked at the carotid arteries in snorers and found increased thickening of the artery walls, indicating damage already setting in.

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Modern heroes like Nicholas pump weights until their carotid arteries pop, and afterward they jump into their Ferraris and punch them to 100mph, in third gear.

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Punjab Singh, 65, suffered a single gunshot wound to the face that caused fractures and damage to his right carotid and vertebral arteries.

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One, called carotid IMT, is an ultrasound of the arteries in the neck.

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