Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Its primary function is to transport nutrients and oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body and to carry deoxygenated blood ...

The Endothelial Glycocalyx Is a Gel-Like Lining Inside Every Blood Vessel — and Most People Have Never Heard of ItStandard Cardiovascular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults receiving CagriSema in REDEFINE 1 had significant reductions in blood pressure at 20 weeks that were ...

A simple cocoa-based intervention taken just before long periods of sitting can help preserve blood vessel function in both the arms and the legs. This highlights a practical nutritional strategy to ...

Current dietary guidelines often treat the sugar in fruit juice and the sugar in sweetened beverages as “metabolic twins.” ...

Beets contain nitrates that the body turns into nitric oxide, a compound that helps relax blood vessels to improve blood flow ...

Lipids are fatty compounds that perform a range of essential functions in the body. Phospholipids, steroids, and triglycerides are examples of lipids. Although lipids play an essential role in the ...

A team of researchers led by Chandan Sen at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is moving a new nanochip device, which can reprogram skin cells in the body to become new blood vessels and nerve ...