Browsing: blood

Leading doctors have called for a national UK programme to monitor schoolchildren for high blood pressure amid concerns that rising rates in adolescents will increase cases…

Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition.Millions of people worldwide have…

Removing old furniture made with flame retardants from people’s homes can significantly reduce the amount of the toxic chemicals in blood, a new 10-year, peer-reviewed study…

A child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his…

I love a good pie. Every year for Thanksgiving I make a bourbon chocolate pecan pie, which is every bit as decadent—and delicious—as it sounds. But…

The world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of…

If a looming root canal treatment is putting a dampener on the week, take heart: having the procedure can drive health benefits that are felt throughout…

The tiny, drug-filled robots are guided through blood vessels using magnets.Credit: Luca Donati/lad.studio ZürichA remote-controlled robot the size of a grain of sand can swim through…

The rate of children and teenagers living with high blood pressure globally has nearly doubled because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and…

Somewhere in the US a woman on her period pulled out her dripping, saturated tampon. But instead of wrapping it in toilet paper and tossing it…