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Eye Blood Vessels - Articles
Cocoa flavanols improve blood pressure, blood vessel repair
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Tue 06 Jul 2010 12:00am
, improve the health of blood vessels and increase the number of circulating blood-vessel-forming cells in patients with heart disease, according to a new study by UCSF cardiologists... in the circulation of so-called angiogenic cells in the blood. These cells, also known as early endothelial progenitor cells, are critical for the repair process after vascular injury
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Cardiovascular System (heart, blood and blood vessels)
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Storm M.
Posted
Wed 21 May 2008 9:09pm
cardiovascular system which is your heart, blood and blood vessels. A healthy cardiovascular system transports oxygen and nutrients throughout your body while picking up waste/toxins... to the sore areas of the body. Eating a solid diet and circulating blood through out your system results in organ and tissue repair thus making cardio a recovery component.
Your
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Don't Get Fooled By Ridiculous Atkins Diet Blood Vessel Study
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Jimmy M.
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Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:30pm
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"High-fat Atkins diet damages blood vessels: study"
Most people will simply read that headline and say to themselves, "Oh my God, why in the world would I ever go on the Atkins... would cause "long-term damage to blood vessels" and could very likely lead to heart and artery disease. On the other hand, the SOUTH BEACH and ORNISH groups saw their cholesterol
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Can Diabetic Damage To Blood Vessels Be Blocked?
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John Shelmet
Posted
Wed 13 May 2009 11:33pm
Medical College of Georgia researchers propose that diabetes-induced damage to blood vessels may, someday, be minimized by drugs developed based on new knowledge of how the damage occurs.
They found a decreased ability of blood vessels to relax resulted from increased activity of a natural mechanism for altering protein form and function, says Dr
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Lymphatic and blood vessels in scleroderma skin, a morphometric analysis
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Jan
Posted
Tue 16 Feb 2010 12:00am
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Keywords: Systemic sclerosis; Lymphatic vessels; Blood vessels; Skin; Immunohistochemistry
Abbreviations: SSc, systemic sclerosis; vWF, von Willebrand Factor; VEGF, Vascular...
Summary
Vascular involvement is frequent in systemic sclerosis, but the role of the lymphatic vasculature is poorly known. Our aim was to evaluate lymphatic vessels
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Sleep Apnea Thickens Blood Vessels, Increases Heart Disease Risk
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COPDsurvivor
Posted
Wed 06 May 2009 1:28pm
vessels. Moreover, it increases the risk of several forms of heart and vascular disease.
Emory researchers have identified the enzyme NADPH oxidase as important for the effects obstructive sleep apnea has on blood vessels in the lung.
The results are published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. C. Michael Hart, professor
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MicroRNAs Hold Promise For Treating Diseases In Blood Vessels
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Susan Berg
Posted
Fri 07 Aug 2009 7:15pm
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Among the most "plastic" of cells are vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), which form in layers around blood vessels, and by contracting or relaxing, regulate blood pressure... dementia articles and activities,
ScienceDaily-- A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis
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Lymphatic and blood vessels in scleroderma skin, a morphometric analysis.
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Jan
Posted
Mon 08 Mar 2010 12:00am
studied skin forearm biopsies of 9 patients with systemic sclerosis and 7 age-matched controls. Lymphatic vessels were labeled with the monoclonal antibody D2-40 and blood vessels with a polyclonal antibody to von Willebrand Factor.
All blood and lymphatic vessels present in each section were counted and total area, inner luminal area, and shape factors were
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