Researchers at the University of Bristol and Afferent Pharmaceuticals have identified a potential new way of treating high blood pressure, or hypertension, by targeting aberrant nerve signals in the carotid bodies, which ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Researchers have unraveled the elusive process by which small, highly vascular clusters of sensory cells in the carotid arteries "taste the blood," as a 1926 essay put it—the initial step in regulating blood-oxygen levels.
Apr 21, 2015
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Riding a couple roller coasters at an amusement park appears to have triggered an unusual stroke in a 4-year-old boy, according to a report in the journal Pediatric Neurology.
Dec 11, 2014
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The affairs of the heart may actually affect the affairs of the heart in ways previously not understood.
Jun 25, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A Yale study has identified the underlying genetic basis of combined hyperlipidemia, as well as a treatment that may normalize the condition. The study appears in Cell Metabolism.
Feb 5, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are investigating a minimally invasive procedure to open blocked carotid arteries in patients whose poor health or advanced age makes the ...
Sep 27, 2013
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Removing one of the tiniest organs in the body has shown to provide effective treatment for high blood pressure. The discovery, made by University of Bristol researchers and published in Nature Communications, could revolutionise ...
Sep 3, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as insightful, two doctors from The Netherlands, working with Italian imaging companies, have devised a means to use ultrasound to measure blood pressure. The technology, more ...
Feeling more tired than usual? Experiencing pelvic pain? It could be a problem with your arteries and veins.
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Clonal hematopoiesis is a phenomenon caused by mutations in hematopoietic stem cells and can lead to blood cancer. We now know that it occurs also in people with normal blood counts, where it is associated with an increased ...
Apr 30, 2024
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