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10 Amazing Facts About Your Blood Vessels
Here are some surprising things you may not know about the vast network that carries blood throughout the body.
Bioengineered Blood Vessels Can Grow Inside Animals
The grafts could treat children’s heart defects without needing to be replaced
Angioplasty After a Heart Attack: Risks, Benefits, and More
An angioplasty is a procedure used to open blood vessels that lead to the heart muscle. Doctors often perform it immediately after a heart attack.
Cord Blood 101: What is Cord Blood?
What is cord blood and why should we care? Cord blood contains stem cells that have huge potential to help your family. It can only be collected from a newbo...
Know Your Atrial Fibrillation Blood Clot Risk
On World Thrombosis Day, find out why people with atrial fibrillation may form blood clots in the heart that can cause a stroke.
Facts About AFib, Blood Clots & The Risk Of Stroke
Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?
The long read: A series of experiments has produced incredible results by giving young blood to old mice. Now the findings are being tested on humans. Ian Sample meets the scientists whose research could transform our lives
Do blood vessels get better as we age?
Aging may offer blood vessels protection from oxidative stress, a main culprit in many diseases, including hypertension and cancer.
How to Treat Blood Vessels on the Face
Blood vessels on the face are a common problem. They can be related to rosacea, medications, or sun exposure. Learn more from Dr. Timothy Janiga today.
How to Reverse Blood Vessel Abnormality
Diet and ‘anti-aging’ supplements may help reverse blood vessel disease, including endothelial dysfunction (blood vessel abnormality).
How to Keep Those Blood Vessels Pumping
Want to know how to avoid blood clots and varicose veins?
UCLA researchers discover how the body regenerates blood vessel lining
The findings could lead to new methods to help prevent clots and repair damage that can result from the placement of stents.
Who is at Risk for Stroke
Stroke is when blood supply to the brain is cut off or a blood vessel bursts. Stroke does not discriminate; however there are factors that increase your risk...
Can a blockage form after a stent has been placed?
During a cardiac catheterization, cardiologists may perform a balloon angioplasty to reopen a narrowed portion of the blood vessel, and they may place a stent at that site to keep the vessel open.
Five Things You Need to Know about Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH), or high blood pressure in the lungs’ blood vessels, is a serious and disabling condition that can Read More...
When It Is Better to Regress: Dynamics of Vascular Pruning
Blood vessel pruning is an important step in formation and maintenance of effective vascular networks; this Primer assesses two recent papers in PLOS Biology that explore molecular mechanisms of blood vessel regression.
Pulmonary Hypertension: More Common Than Ever?
Pulmonary hypertension is a disease that affects the blood vessels in the lungs. With no current cure, it can be difficult to find treatments
Can Sclerotherapy Treat Broken Capillaries?
Sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for smaller varicose veins, spider veins and burst capillaries. Using an injection, the offending blood vessel...
All You Need to Know About External Hemangiomas
External hemangiomas are birthmarks caused by the growth of extra blood vessels. Learn what they look like, as well as how they are diagnosed and treated.
How Can Spider Veins Treatment Provide Relief?
Spider veins are tiny blood vessels that are not functioning normally. They are a smaller version of varicose veins that are larger and colored differently. Varicose veins are large, ropey blood vessels that usually have a blue or green color. Spider veins are much smaller, are usually red or purple, and have a branched or …
