The optimal performance of the cardiovascular system, as well as the break-down of this performance with disease, both involve complex biomechanical interactions between the heart, conduit vascular ...

Environmental biologists tested the effects of microplastics on the brains of young male mice, taking pictures of the blood vessels in their brains and observing their behavior. They found a new ...

The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream and eventually become lodged in blood vessels in the brain. It’s not clear whether such obstructions ...

It is also called fluid retention or edema. It can affect body tissues outside of blood vessels, leading to swelling or bloating. Water retention can also happen in the stomach (ascites), lungs ...

Background Early detection of large vessel occlusion (LVO) facilitates triage to an appropriate ... so we investigated the ability of the portable Openwater optical blood flow monitor to detect LVO.