Hypertension can affect your mind, heart, eyes and more, often without causing any obvious symptoms at all.

Having excess body weight can increase your blood pressure and affect your immune system. Learn what happens to blood ...

Blood pressure tends to rise in the early morning and peak by mid-morning due to circadian rhythm and other factors. Learn ...

Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout your body, including to vital organs and tissues. They also help your body get rid of carbon dioxide. Too little or too many red blood cells may be ...

A simple cocoa-based intervention taken just before long periods of sitting can help preserve blood vessel function in both the arms and the legs. This highlights a practical nutritional strategy to ...

Most people with high blood pressure feel completely fine — until they don’t. That’s why hypertension earned the nickname “silent killer.” But when blood pressure reaches truly dangerous levels, your ...

Running extreme distances may strain more than just muscles and joints. New research suggests ultramarathons can alter red blood cells in ways that make them less flexible and more prone to breakdown, ...

We’ve all been there. You walk out of the office after a long workday, look out over a sea of cars, and wonder, “Now where the heck did I park?” When you’re young, remembering comes easy. “Oh, yeah,” ...

Lipids are fatty compounds that perform a range of essential functions in the body. Phospholipids, steroids, and triglycerides are examples of lipids. Although lipids play an essential role in the ...

A team of researchers led by Chandan Sen at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is moving a new nanochip device, which can reprogram skin cells in the body to become new blood vessels and nerve ...