Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...

Aerobic exercise, which strengthens your heart so it can pump with less effort, was the second-most-effective intervention, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Imagine putting on 60 or 70 pounds of gear and walking up 69 flights of steps. That’s exactly what hundreds of firefighters do every spring at the Blood Cancer United Firefighter ...

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Microvessels form the blood-brain barrier, a network that regulates molecular transfer between the vasculature and brain parenchyma. In cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a leading cause of stroke ...

The blood-brain barrier protects the central nervous system by tightly regulating what crosses between the two compartments. Neurons are vulnerable if the barrier suffers damage or weakens with age, ...

Diabetes is a metabolic disease that is caused by either suppression of insulin production by the pancreas (Type 1) or an insensitiveness of cells' receptors to this hormone (Type 2). Malfunction of ...

Eating a daily serving of peanuts may help older adults improve blood flow to their brains and boost memory, according to new research. In a study published in Clinical Nutrition, scientists at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound with chemotherapy survived nearly 40% longer than those who ...

Hypertension begins harming the brain surprisingly early, even before measurable blood pressure increases. Key cells related to blood vessels, signaling, and myelin maintenance begin aging prematurely ...