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

When biomedical researchers need to test their latest ideas, they often turn to engineered human tissue that mimics the responses in our own bodies. It's become an important intermediary step before ...

Hypertension is a chronic clinical condition characterized by cardiovascular physiological impairment. It occurs when blood pressure is persistently high, leading to compromising blood vessels and ...

Modern wellness enthusiasts are increasingly turning to cold plunge therapy as a cornerstone of their recovery routines, driving unprecedented demand for sophisticated home-based solutions. While the ...

In our preceding analysis, “Nigeria at 65: An Introspection on Missed Opportunities and the Path to Redemption,” we undertook a sober reflection on the nation’s sixty-five-year journey, which has been ...

Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their study, published in Nature Communications, sheds new light on the interplay ...

Your heart pumps blood from your head to your toes, provides cells with fresh oxygen, and removes waste products. Located in the middle of your chest and tilted slightly to the left, your heart pushes ...

Our K-12 education system is in an undeclared state of emergency. That’s the stark assessment from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP, or the Nation’s Report Card). Like other recent ...

Researchers hope to replicate larger blood vessels like arteries and veins and potentially have real blood circulating through an organoid, a lab-grown replica of human organs.

BACKGROUND: Alternative splicing plays crucial roles in normal heart development and cardiac disease by influencing protein-coding sequences, functional domains, and molecular networks. However, a ...

Your body maintains a delicate balance between the water you consume and the amount you use. Most of the water you drink is quickly removed from your body, but the time it takes for this process to ...