With each heartbeat, blood courses through your body. Some traverse arteries from the lungs back to the heart, and some navigate through capillaries in the thinnest layers of your eyelid, almost ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve that affects how blood flows through the heart and body. While not often linked to heart valve narrowing, high and irregular blood pressure can ...

More research is necessary, but cold plunges have been linked to several potential benefits, like improving metabolism and mood. Here are some other ways cold plunging may support your physical and ...

A new study in rats provides evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) have opposing effects on brain function—and that combining the two produces more muted changes than THC ...

The nuclear stress test can show how blood flows through your heart muscles. This reveals how well the heart pumps blood and areas of your heart muscles that do not get enough blood. Nuclear stress is ...

From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human body.

Digital blood pressure monitors allow people to check their systolic and diastolic numbers at home. You can't actually feel your blood pressure, but it's one of the body's most important indicators of ...

New research indicates that even a single high-fat meal, like a milkshake, can temporarily hinder blood flow and vascular ...

Some reports say that since Viagra can widen blood vessels, it can increase blood flow through the heart, permitting more oxygen to the lungs and improving oxygen supply to the rest of the body. One ...

Hemodynamic instability is an insufficient blood flow in the body. It is a potential symptom of several conditions, such as high blood pressure or heart disease. Hemodynamics often refers to the basic ...

Nine of the 10 most common cancer deaths in Australia are caused by solid tumors, but in most cases it's the cancer's spread ...