Every day, your heart pumps about 10 pints of blood 60,000 miles around your body through your circulatory system. That system is made up of blood vessels, the tubes that carry blood throughout your ...

Uncontrolled or undetected high blood pressure, also called hypertension, is one of the most concerning precursors to heart problems. Because hypertension damages one's arteries and decreases the flow ...

The guidance expands the options for preventing and managing high blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for more ...

Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Infusing the clot-preventing drug streptokinase improved blood flow in the tiniest heart blood vessels of people who had artery-opening procedures such ...

Blood clots in the heart have various causes, such as an irregular heartbeat and damage to coronary artery walls. Blood clots can cause serious symptoms and may require immediate medical intervention.

Researchers have developed a method for cheaply producing heart valves in the span of minutes that are functional immediately after being implanted into sheep. The scientists call their method ...

A sudden restriction of blood flow to the brain. That's how scientists have traditionally explained why people faint. But several mysteries remain: What causes someone's blood flow to spontaneously ...

LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO, Mass., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- New data presented at Experimental Biology suggests a double serving of light cranberry juice cocktail can potentially increase artery dilation and ...