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In the body, blood vessels transport blood throughout the body to deliver oxygen to organs and tissues. Blood vessels are also used to remove waste from the body. There are three main types of blood vessels: veins, arteries, and capillaries.
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FEB 03, 2018
Cardiology
Individuals with type 1 diabetes often have additional problems with their eyes, kidneys, heart, and other organs due to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2018
Cardiology
Erectile dysfunction (ED) often believed by men to be a side effect of drugs prescribed to treat high blood pressure and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2018
Cardiology
Early during development as the embryo begins to form, the heart is the first organ to materialize. So-called “pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 25, 2018
Cardiology
When the heart deviates from its normal source of energy, congestive heart failure can develop. From the German Cancer R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2018
Cardiology
When babies are born too early, they run the risk of developing problems in the lungs, brain, kidneys and more. Now, fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2018
Neuroscience
Ever since the first study of concussion and it's relation to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) hit the news, d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 22, 2018
Cardiology
What used to be a devastating event can now be treated or even prevented. With techniques to manage strokes and the bloo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2018
Earth & The Environment
An Iranian oil tanker that crashed into a Hong Kong-registered vessel on January 7 has been ablaze since and has now sun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 15, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2018
Immunology
Increased stress - either psychological or allergic - can make the body’s response to disease much more serious. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2018
Cardiology
A discovery arose from growing human arterial endothelial cells in the lab, and scientists from the Morgridge Institute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2018
Technology
Manipulating the speed of the water moving around a traveling object can reduce disturbance in the surrounding waters.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
Eat right. Get regular exercise. Don't smoke, don't use drugs and avoid stress. These pieces of advice are the m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2018
Immunology
A drug used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks could also be used to treat melanoma. From Penn State, res
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2018
Immunology
The Zika virus is notorious for its deleterious effects on pregnancy, whether through causing miscarriages or birth defe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 06, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland, where regular sauna bathing is relatively common, are continuing thei
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2018
Cardiology
A large majority of Americans are vitamin D deficient, but one group is particularly prone to insufficiency. Dark skin a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Cardiology
Key differences between two cardiovascular conditions call for drugs with different therapeutic activity to successfully
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Since the Star Wars series first appeared four decades ago, it has ignited a storm of sci-fi culture and captivated the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 26, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells in the uterus that produce important growth-promoting factors could be both the explanation for and the sol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2017
Videos
We all know the dangers of mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. From malaria to zika to West Nile virus to dengue fev
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha
...
DEC 19, 2017
Videos
It has been said that one day we may be able to simply grow new organs on demand for patients who are in need. Already,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker