News tagged with blood vessels

Scientists discover previously unknown cleaning system in brain

A previously unrecognized system that drains waste from the brain at a rapid clip has been discovered by neuroscientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The findings were published online August 15 in Science Tr ...

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Green tea, coffee may help lower stroke risk

Green tea and coffee may help lower your risk of having a stroke, especially when both are a regular part of your diet, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study finds that just one high-fat meal can affect your heart health

Eat a breakfast sandwich and your body will be feeling the ill effects well before lunch – now that's fast food!

Cardiology created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Nanofibers may help treat heart attacks

(Medical Xpress) -- Cardiovascular diseases kill over 17 million people a year globally, according to the World Health Organization, and many more suffer heart attacks but recover. Even those who do recover are more prone ...

Cardiology created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Common antifungal drug decreases tumor growth and shows promise as cancer therapy

An inexpensive antifungal drug, thiabendazole, slows tumor growth and shows promise as a chemotherapy for cancer. Scientists in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin made this ...

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Scientists one step closer to creating youthful heart patches from old cells

A new method of growing cardiac tissue is teaching old stem cells new tricks. The discovery, which transforms aged stem cells into cells that function like much younger ones, may one day enable scientists ...

Cardiology created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery of nitric oxide delivery mechanism may point to new avenue for treating high blood pressure

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed new light on blood pressure regulation with the discovery of an unexpected mechanism by which hemoglobin controls the delivery of nitric ...

Medical research created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gene therapy reprograms scar tissue in damaged hearts into healthy heart muscle

A cocktail of three specific genes can reprogram cells in the scars caused by heart attacks into functioning muscle cells, and the addition of a gene that stimulates the growth of blood vessels enhances that effect, said ...

Cardiology created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood test accurately detects lymphedema, study shows

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set of proteins circulating in blood whose levels accurately flag the presence of lymphedema. The findings, to be reported Dec. 18 in PLoS ONE, spur o ...

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Hypertension traced to source in brain

(Medical Xpress)—When the heart works too hard, the brain may be to blame, says new Cornell research that is changing how scientists look at high blood pressure (hypertension). The study, published in the ...

Medical research created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors

By harnessing the very qualities that make sickle cell disease a lethal blood disorder, a research team led by Duke Medicine and Jenomic, a private cancer research company in Carmel, Calif., has developed ...

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Cholesterol-lowering eye drops could treat macular degeneration

A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye disease.

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stents disrupt blood flow

(Medical Xpress)—A researcher at ETH Zurich is designing a realistic artery model with an implanted stent and is using a computer to simulate the blood flow through the stent. In doing so he is uncovering ...

Cardiology created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer drug geldanamycin could halt other tumors

A drug commonly used in treating breast cancer could have far wider benefits, offering a new way of preventing cancers spreading through the body, according to a University of Leeds-led study.

Cancer created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife

(AP)—Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.

Cardiology created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Blood vessel

The blood vessels are the part of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the body. There are three major types of blood vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart, the capillaries, which enable the actual exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the heart.

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