Worried about your blood pressure? This blood pressure chart will determine if it's high, borderline, or normal for your age. ... It works by relaxing the blood vessels, ...

So the graphs on this page show the upper half of the blood pressure range found in children. Normal BP is defined as systolic and diastolic blood pressures that are below the 90th percentile. The ...

Researchers are making ever more sophisticated mini organs in the lab — and now they can grow their own blood vessels. The ...

Bioengineers showed that tiny blood vessels grow better in the laboratory if the tissue surrounding them is less dense. Then the researchers created a computer simulation to predict such growth ...

Direct evidence of blood vessel contraction due to glucose (sugar) has now been demonstrated for the first time, researchers report. These effects were observed even at glucose levels that could ...

Researchers have found that antioxidants like vitamins C and E trigger a mechanism that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in cancer tumors, helping them to grow and spread. They say it ...

A new Yale-led study detailing how blood vessels develop could lead to novel treatments of cardiovascular diseases as well as cancer. Normal blood vessel growth is regulated by proteins or hormones ...

Blood vessels ensure that organs get the nutrients and oxygen needed to function. However, several conditions, such as age-related cardiovascular conditions, can damage blood vessels, while abnormal ...