“River systems are similar to the blood vessels of our body. If the vessels get choked, or toxic, the body will die. And if the tributaries and the rivers get toxic or choked, they will die,” he said ...

A new Cedars-Sinai study demonstrates how gut bacteria can influence the development of blood vessel inflammation in laboratory mice. The findings, if confirmed in humans, would open a potential ...

That’s because high blood sugar levels can damage blood vessels. Also, people with type 2 diabetes often have high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and other factors that increase the ...

When you have hypotension, the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of your blood vessels is lower than it should be. Blood pressure below 90/60 mm Hg is considered low. Unlike high blood ...

Nicotine causes blood vessels to tighten, which restricts the flow of blood. Smoking also raises blood pressure, weakens blood vessel walls, and increases your risk of blood clots. This can raise ...

When the wall of a blood vessel breaks, a blood clot forms to "plug" the wound site and prevent bleeding. Once the injured blood vessel heals, the body dissolves the clot naturally. Sometimes, due to ...

Department of Anesthesiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, ...

who studies blood and lymph vessels at the UCSF School of Medicine. Personally, he doesn’t feel that the theory holds water, but he acknowledges its popularity. It fits comfortably in the space where ...

For most of us, our body compensates by tightening the blood vessels in the lower half of the body. In POTS patients, however, that constriction of blood vessels doesn't happen. Instead ...