The human heart is an amazing and complex muscle. It is about the size of a fist, and yet it has the ability to pump blood throughout the entire human body. Several arteries supply the heart with blood and nutrients, and when those arteries are blocked, a person may have a myocardial ...
A team led by Dr. Elena Cano in the Integrative Vascular Biology Lab of Professor Holger Gerhardt at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin has elucidated the mechanism via which new arteries form in the heart. The finding, published in Circulation Research,
When Does Being Upside Down Turn Deadly? There doesn't even seem to be a hard-and-fast rule about how long it's safe to hang out upside down. For instance, people with heart conditions die a lot faster in situations like these, and young, healthy people can survive longer than the ol...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
What Is Resting Heart Rate? Your heart rate is usually measured by how many beats there are in one minute while you are resting. A resting heart rate varies from person to person. For adults, the normal range is 60 to 100 beats per minute. It depends on things such as: ...
You don't have to think about breathing because your body's autonomic nervous system controls it, as it does many other functions in your body. If you try to hold your breath, your body will override your action and force you to let out that breath and start breathing again. The respira...
Many of these symptoms can also occur when acute stress is severe, such as during apanic attack. Sometimes, the symptoms come on so quickly and profoundly that it may seem like you're having aheart attack.4 It is also possible to get a"stress rash"when the body is spontaneously flooded...
Along with diet, CRESTOR treats bad (LDL) cholesterol and plaque buildup in arteries as part of a treatment plan to get cholesterol to goal.
Cigarette moking causes inflammation and can increase the risk of atherosclerosis. This condition happens when fatty substances build up in the arteries, which narrows them. Avoiding smoking is so important that it's one of the most important things you can do to lower your heart disease risk.4...
It also refers to the pressure of large arteries of the systemic circulation. It is one of the vital signs like heart rate, oxygen saturation, a respiratory rate which you must track and monitor. When your blood pressure is too low it is called Hypotension and when you have blood pressure...