Revise the structure and function of arteries, capillaries, veins and the heart for your Higher Human Biology exam with Bitesize Scotland interactive practice quizzes covering feedback and common ...

Passive smoking causes lasting damage to children's arteries, prematurely ageing their blood vessels by more than three years, say researchers. The damage - thickening of blood vessel walls ...

Stem cells found in the artery wall have the potential to develop into multiple cell types, which may lead to new transplant and treatment options, researchers from UCLA found. (Tintut et al. <i ...

The research, which lends weight to campaigns for smoking to be banned in private cars and homes, found passive smoking leads to a thickening of children's artery walls, adding some 3.3 years to ...

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Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT)—a potent predictor of heart attack and stroke—is significantly higher in HIV-infected patients compared to uninfected controls, according to study results ...