A breakthrough in bioprinting of living tissues could soon lead to 3D-printing of blood vessels and human organs, ushering in ...

A common artificial sweetener may trigger insulin spikes that lead to the build up of fatty plaques in the arteries, ...

These two numbers show how hard your heart works to pump blood throughout your body and how much pressure it puts on your blood vessels. If one or both numbers consistently stay too high ...

The common artificial sweetener aspartame could be putting consumers at greater risk of heart disease through a newly ...

While heart disease is serious, it is important to understand how to control the risk factors and learn how to live a healthy ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...

Are you damaging your heart by eating food that comes in plastic packaging? According to Italian researchers, you very well could be.

your body makes hormones called catecholamines. These hormones can bind to parts of cells called alpha receptors. When this occurs, your blood vessels narrow, and your heart beats faster and with ...

These substances trigger immediate and long-term effects on heart function. The damage occurs through multiple mechanisms within the body. Blood vessels constrict, reducing vital blood flow ...