Surgeons in the United States perform nearly 600,000 coronary artery stent procedures and bypass surgeries every year.

It was in the 1970s that the angioplasty procedure was started to be used for blocked heart arteries, or coronary arteries, as they are called. It rapidly became a successful procedure in the majority ...

A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall. The discovery ...

The human body is packed with natural rhythms, from your sleep-wake cycle to the steady pulsing of blood through the brain to ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have identified an experimental medicine that stops the blinding blood vessel growth associated with diabetic eye ...

The pregnancy hormone relaxin induces a healthy physiological response in blood vessels, increasing dilation and benefiting blood pressure and kidney function, scientists at Magee-Womens Research ...

・Erythritol damages brain blood vessel cells, increasing risk of blood clots and stroke in lab studies. ・It reduces nitric oxide and raises endothelin-1, leading to vessel narrowing and reduced ...

New research from the University of Birmingham shows that eating flavanol-rich foods—like tea, berries, apples, and cocoa—can protect vascular health in men from the harmful effects of prolonged ...