When you sit quietly for a moment listening to your heart pump blood through your body, do you think about blood vessels as a firehose drenching your organs and brain with red blood cells full of ...

Vaping has “immediate” negative impacts on the body’s circulation, warns a new study. American researchers have identified the acute effects of smoking cigarettes and vaping on vascular function – ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

The soleus muscle along with other muscles in the calves, form a strong muscular pump system for blood circulation. Your body receives oxygen-rich blood from your heart before it reaches your lower ...

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