A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

Blood vessels in the legs or heart sustain considerable damage when they are narrowed by poor circulation from diabetes or blocked in a heart attack. To repair them, researchers have tried using ...

Scientists are finding tiny fragments of plastic lodged in the very blood vessels that keep the heart alive, and the pattern ...

Although the precise mechanism isn’t yet known, factors like sex chromosomes and hormones, particularly the protective ...

Brain aneurysms, often silent threats, can rupture unexpectedly, causing life-threatening hemorrhages. Weakened blood vessels ...

Brain aneurysms are among the most frightening and unexpected medical situations. Read on to know more about this medical ...

Scientists in China and Switzerland have teamed up to produce an implantable medical device that mimics the primary function of blood vessels, but goes a number of steps further than its natural ...

The vessels, which the scientists have called “trans-cortical vessels” (TCVs), were found to have originate in the bone marrow and traverse cortical bone perpendicularly along the shaft and connect to ...

The study could change ways women are treated for high blood pressure. New research shows for the first time that women's blood vessels, both large and small arteries, age at a faster rate than men's.

This study shows that cocoa flavanols can preserve endothelial function during sitting, suggesting dietary strategies to ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) can be caused by a variety of factors, including your lifestyle, medical conditions, ...