Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

Oral health, including both teeth and gums, could also be important for heart health by preventing arterial thickening.

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons has revealed a surprising number of differences, suggesting that the structur ...

Dr. Lerman's Renovascular Research Lab at Mayo Clinic studies ways to improve atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, including using stem cells and senolytic drugs.

Don’t Miss a Beat is the theme of this year’s World Heart Day. Celebrated on 29 September every year, it urges people to commit to daily movement to help prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD), the ...

Aquaglyceroporin Aqp10, a protein channel for water and glycerol, selectively permeates urea and boric acid due to its unique structural features—report researchers from Japan. By comparing and ...

New research shows that DMT, a natural psychoactive compound found in plants and the human brain, can protect against stroke damage in animal and cell models.

Combining Tissue Valve Replacement with Total Arterial Bypass (CABG) offers safer, more durable heart surgery outcomes by avoiding lifelong blood thinners.

The Lerman Renovascular Research Lab at Mayo Clinic studies causes and treatments related to nephropathy from atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS).

High-density lipoproteins (HDL), also known as "good cholesterol," remove excess cholesterol from the body's tissues and transport it to the liver. This process is known to prevent atherosclerosis, ...