Professor Joanne Kwan, a senior research manager and sustainable land reuse lead at the Construction Industry Research and ...

New research from Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes-not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression.

Before discussing pneumonia in children further, we must first know how the lungs work. In healthy lungs, oxygen enters when ...

Smoking damages the airways, air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs ... Nicotine causes blood vessels to tighten, which restricts the flow of blood. Smoking also raises blood pressure, weakens blood ...

This condition occurs when the pressure in blood vessels is too high for a long time. It causes the blood vessel walls to thicken and stiffen, meaning less blood can pass through. Pulmonary ...

When the wall of a blood vessel breaks, a blood clot forms to "plug" the wound site and prevent bleeding. Once the injured blood vessel heals, the body dissolves the clot naturally. Sometimes, due to ...

Vasculitis is a group of diseases, also known as angiitis, that damage blood vessels by causing inflammation. It can affect any blood vessel anywhere in the body. Vasculitis means inflammation of ...

and is created by tight junctions between endothelial cells lining blood vessels, astroyctic endfeet and a basement membrane. The ability to cross the blood–brain barrier must be considered for ...

She accessorized with a black sheer sarong and black sunglasses and followed proper yachting etiquette by going barefoot aboard their shiny new vessel. Bündchen, 44, and Valente aquired the yacht ...

Fluid movement across the semipermeable vessel ... the alveoli. Pressure chambers typically come with safety valves. The lungs are no different: when left atrial pressure mounts, ensuing pulmonary ...