All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

Researchers from a joint Skoltech-University of Sharjah laboratory and AIRI Institute have automated the analysis of retina images used to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. This refers to retinal damage ...

Maintaining healthy blood flow to the brain is important for its function, as the brain is a highly active organ which requires a huge amount of energy. Blood vessels are equipped with processes that ...

Researchers at Saratov State University and their colleagues have developed an innovative approach to improving the ...

Vasculitis is a group of diseases, also known as angiitis, that damage blood vessels by causing inflammation. It can affect any blood vessel anywhere in the body. Vasculitis means inflammation of ...

Systolic blood pressure is the pressure inside blood vessels during a heartbeat ... researchers said in background notes. "The key question is, should blood pressure be lowered aggressively ...