Its pale buff coat is blotched with brown patches. The giraffe has a massive heart which pumps at a pressure 2 or 3 times that of a healthy man to push blood up its long neck. A giraffe weighs over ...

In Reef & Ruins, from Carla Kopp (Way Too Many Cats, Roar and Write!), players take on the roles of otters directing their ...

He and Melbourne plastic surgeon Ian Taylor found giraffe patches correspond with networks of blood vessels that branch out from a spot's centre. Dr Fogg says dark patches on a giraffe can be likened ...

If this happens in the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle it may lead to angina (heart pain) and heart attack, while in the vessels supplying blood to the brain it may ultimately lead to ...

Blood vessels are a series of tubes inside your body. They move blood to and from your heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and transport oxygen and useful nutrients to the body's cells.

Inside you, there is an amazing network of blood vessels, the tubes that carry blood all around your body. Every part of the body needs oxygen, food and water. The blood vessels are a bit like ...

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Vascular regenerative and reparative cells are found in all humans, and their function is to promote the growth of new blood vessels and repair damaged blood vessels. These cells are critical to ...

Arteries and veins are the major blood vessels in your body. Arteries carry blood from the heart, while veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries and veins are two of the body’s main types of ...

A new study helps explain why having ApoE4—the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer's disease—increases the risk of neurodegeneration and white matter damage. Researchers at Weill ...

A bulge, likened to a bubble or balloon, had formed in a blood vessel in her brain and it had burst. Once a healthy and active woman who would trek, cycle and swim regularly, Ms Tan was unable ...