Are Your Arteries Turning into Bone?

As you age, an interesting phenomenon happens: you lose bone mass, but your arteries turn into “bone-like tissues.”

Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration; but something similar to the process of bone formation does take place in aging arteries.

In diseased arteries, bone-making cells similar to osteoblasts can literally be found in the lining of arterial walls.

And, as you can probably imagine, this is not a healthy process.

In this segment, Dr. Mike explores how this bodily process has been linked to arterial disease and osteoporosis.