A growing body of preclinical research points to the TIE2 receptor and its angiopoietin ligands as a promising drug target for brain blood vessel defects, including arteriovenous malformations, venous ...

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 ...

Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cell surface receptor ...

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For years, one vital blood vessel in the body has largely required open-heart surgery, even as less invasive vascular procedures became common elsewhere. That vessel is the ascending aorta — the ...

A simple switch in your daily diet may carry risks scientists are only beginning to understand.

A study from researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso shows that just six weeks of boxing training can significantly reduce blood pressure and improve blood vessel function in young adults ...

When adults became angry after remembering past experiences, the function of cells lining the blood vessels was negatively impaired, which may restrict blood flow, according to a new study. Previous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Université Paris Cité in France conducted a study that suggests COVID-19 infections cause women's blood vessels to ...

Compared with women who never got COVID-19, women who recovered from a mild case had “older,” stiffer, and less-efficient blood vessels. COVID infection didn’t seem to have an effect on blood vessel ...

A hickey may be more than just a mark of affection, but it can sometimes indicate minor blood vessel injury. In rare cases, ...

Beets contain nitrates that the body turns into nitric oxide, a compound that helps relax blood vessels to improve blood flow ...