Sentences with phrase «constricted arteries»

Potassium is a vasodilator, which means that it opens up the blood vessels and eases the flow of blood, so it isn't being forced in a stress - inducing way through constricted arteries and veins.

But students forced to fit in with a group they disagreed with had constricted arteries.

They tested the system on cell cultures, and then in live mice with breast cancer and mice with constricted arteries in their legs.

In a paper published in Nature Communications, the researchers demonstrated the probe's ability to image hypoxic tumors and constricted arteries in mice.

As the gel slowly absorbs fluid, it constricts the artery until it is almost or totally blocked.

Hi, yes its strange to some but not to scientists.Actually there is not really that much connection between fat and heart disease at all.It was Ancel Benjamin Keys that came up with that dubious «Seven Countries» studies.My own view is that meat for people with established heart disease is probably not a good idea.The reason being is that people with established heart disease usually got there either by bad genetics, or by bad dietary and lifestyle choices over a number of years.Meat and fat is know to reduce blood flow and constrict the arteries which in healthy people may be of no immediate harm.However in someone with known heart disease any constriction and lack of blood flow to and from the heart is NOT a good idea obviously.

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Improved blood circulation: When exposed to cold water, our arteries and veins constrict.

The researchers found that their photoacoustic method could find hypoxia mere minutes after a mouse's artery was constricted, showing promise for quickly finding stroke sites or blood clots in deep tissue.

Blood pressure rises when arteries constrict.

All study participants either had an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina 30 days to one year before enrolling; had cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, in which the arteries that supply blood to the brain become constricted; had peripheral vascular disease, a group of disorders affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and brain; or had both diabetes and coronary artery disease.

The defect, found in smooth muscle cells, causes the coronary arteries to constrict, killing the surrounding heart muscle.

Our arteries constrict.

And one of the many health benefits of phytochemicals is that they help our arteries be supple and less likely to constrict blood flow (increased endothelium - dependent vasodilation), thus reducing stoke and heart attack risk.

The consumption of 250 mg of caffeine (1 - 2 cups of coffee) in a single dose can constrict the brain arteries and decrease the brain blood flow by up to 30 % [188,189].

The depletion of blood volume due to low sodium causes a phenomenon known as «total peripheral resistance» meaning the arteries become more constricted and the heart needs to pump harder.

After eating a burger, your arteries constrict and are subject to inflammation in response to the oxidative stress imposed by grilled meat.

You probably know that narrow and / or stiff arteries increase blood pressure because the heart has to work harder to pump blood through constricted vessels.

But the mouth, with its natural bacteria is where several important body chemicals are created, including the one that keeps our arteries relaxed and not constricted.

Grief - related stress can increase blood pressure and heart rate, raise levels of the stress hormone cortisol, constrict blood vessels, and disrupt cholesterol - filled plaques that line arteries.

Sodium can also cause small arteries to constrict, producing greater resistance to blood flow.

There, it reproduces within your pet's pulmonary artery, leading to constricted blood flow, heart disease and major organ failure.

«The decrease in oxygen tension here causes the pulmonary arteries to constrict,» Dr. Sanderson says.

It occurs when the smaller arteries (usually in the fingers and toes) constrict, decreasing the blood supply to these areas.

The arteries start getting constricted and contracted.