The cause of heart disease is generally clogged arteries. These blood vessels can be blocked by fatty plaque that contains ...

Phlebitis: A swelling of veins, phlebitis can cause pain, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area as well as warmth and ...

The interaction between the brain and the vascular system could hold the key to lowering disease risk. According to the ...

One of the companies furthest along is Humacyte, a Durham, N.C.-based biotech that makes lab-grown blood vessels, which could ...

Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times. Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch ...

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 ...

Atherosclerosis is the buildup of plaque — a combination of cholesterol, fat, calcium, and blood elements — on and inside the walls of your arteries. Your arteries are the blood vessels that ...

A new Cedars-Sinai study demonstrates how gut bacteria can influence the development of blood vessel inflammation in ...

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 ...

We're spending some time with a vascular surgeon from TidalHealth learning how important our veins and arteries are.

Known as varicose veins, these blood vessels, which return blood from the legs to the heart, are actually a more superficial system. The real, working venous system for the legs lies deeper ...

A 27-year-old Australian model who appeared on popular reality TV series Australia’s Next Top Model has died after a ...