Tag: Blood

It’s not every day that I read something that makes me want to roll my eyes so far back I could see the inside of my skull. But it happened roughly a month ago when I first came across a recently published study on menstrual products done by a team at Oregon Health & Science U...

Your doctor’s appointment may now take a few extra minutes in order to check your blood pressure not only when sitting but also when lying flat. Failing to check blood pressure while in the supine position can miss patients at risk of developing coronary artery disease, heart failure, strok...

High blood pressure can be dangerous if left untreated. It puts you at risk of stroke, heart attacks, and other health issues. It is often termed a silent killer because they usually have no symptoms. It is important to be aware about high blood pressure to treat and control it. What Causes H...

It was quite the surprise to look up one day and to notice that the leaves on the trees were turning from green to yellow, from yellow to red and from being attached to branches to being laid on the pavement. It is not as if the trees had suddenly decided to switch overnight, but on this day it w...

I dabbled in acupuncture and meditation and I briefly changed my eating habits, but the reality was that I was too busy trying to start over after a 20-year marriage and figured I would get around to it. As long as my blood pressure danced the line of “high normal” without crossing over,...

Two days ago, at a New Hampshire campaign rally, Donald Trump echoed the words of one of his idols, Adolf Hitler, by stating, “Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country.” He was specifically referring to immigrants from Central and South America, Asia, and Africa — essentia...

Blood Type Explained: Everything You Need to Know About Blood Groups A, B, AB and O Blood is a form of tissue, it consists of a fluid state It is carried out throughout the body by the long running channel of blood vessels. The comprising elements of bloods are red blood cells (RBC...

They have a set of gills to breathe underwater and grow to be about 25cm in size. It is their respiration which holds the key, more specifically the way in which oxygen is carried in their blood. Back in 2000, researcher Dr Franck Zal started looking into the miracles of Mother Nature, he knew th...

He knows what might be out there. In 1971, as a geology student doing fieldwork in the Roberts Creek Mountains in Nevada, he turned a corner on a canyon rim and the mountain lion was right in front of him, immediate as an apparition. A millisecond of trans-species communication passed, during which ...

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. While drugs are available to control blood pressure, male and female patients can respond differently to treatment. However, the biological mechanisms behind this sex difference are n...