Sentences with phrase «effect on blood vessel»

These have an anti-inflammatory effect on blood vessel cells and have been shown to decrease the risk of heart attack.

Watermelon: This common fruit has recently been hailed as the new Viagra, as it has similar effects on blood vessels throughout the body, especially for men.

Tienush Rassaf, MD (University Hospital Essen, Germany) and his colleagues tested the potential of cocoa flavanols, a subgroup of plant - derived polyphenols that are present in cocoa and have been shown to have beneficial effects on blood vessel function in individuals with normal kidney function.

After an additional 24 h incubation at 28.5 °C, effects on blood vessels were observed with a binocular lens with filters for fluorescence and photographs were taken from relevant images.

Ice baths - due to their constrictive effect on blood vessels - limit inflammation and reduce the decline in performance we experience after strenuous exercise.

Anthocyanins have anti-inflammatory properties and protective effects on blood vessels.

In a 2016 study, the American Heart Association found that exposure to one minute of secondhand marijuana smoke had similar effects on blood vessels as breathing secondhand tobacco smoke.

Even a single meal high in saturated fat can have an adverse effect on blood vessels by inhibiting vasodilation, the normal increase in the diameter of blood vessels that occurs after a meal.

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In diseases such as malaria and sickle cell disease, red blood cells break down, with harmful effects on the rest of the body — particularly the lining of small blood vessels.

The researchers then measured the effect of flavanols on hallmarks of cardiovascular aging, such as arterial stiffness (as measured by pulse wave velocity), blood pressure and flow - mediated vasodilation (the extent to which blood vessels dilate in response to nitric oxide).

Estrogen is thought to be protective of heart health through its beneficial effects on cholesterol and because it increases the flexibility of blood vessels and arteries, allowing them to accommodate blood flow.

In this study, we found that chloroquine not only has an effect on the growth of the cancer cells, but also makes the tumor environment less aggressive by normalizing the abnormal blood vessels in the tumor,» says Patrizia Agostinis.

The study examined the effects of smoking on various biochemical processes in the blood and vessels of 20 healthy non-smokers who volunteered to smoke three cigarettes.

A new report in The American Journal of Medicine found that a glass or two of red wine before lighting up a cigarette can counteract some of the short - term negative effects of smoking on blood vessels.

Regular sauna bathing improves endothelial function, i.e. the function of the inside layer of blood vessels, which has beneficial effects on systemic blood pressure.

What happened in the mice confirmed the researcher's fears: Although weightlessness had no apparent effect on the rodents, the radiation impaired enzymes that control blood vessels» ability to relax.

The study examined the effects of salivary peptide histatin - 1 on angiogenesis (blood vessel formation), which is critical to the efficiency of wound healing.

There is even a suggestion that Zetia may have a negative effect on fat deposits in blood vessels.

The toxicity of chokeberry extract on normal blood vessel lining cells was tested and found to have no effects up to the highest levels used (50 ug / ml), suggesting that the cell death effect is happening in a way other than through preventing new blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis), a process that is important in cancer cell growth.

Thalidomide's penchant for targeting blood vessels in tumors made Mummery wonder whether the drug's effect on angiogenesis could help HHT sufferers.

In cultured human cells and in rabbits with implanted stents, Finn and colleagues showed that metformin augmented the effect of mTOR inhibitors on regrowth of the blood vessel lining.

He is an expert on microvascular anatomy and patterns of angiogenesis and the effects of antiangiogenic agents in blood vessels in different organ and tissue systems.

She is institutional principal investigator of the Phase I Consortium Study in New Agents in Neuroblastoma Treatment and directs NIH - funded work on effects of SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine, an amino acid) on neuroblastoma tumor growth and blood vessel formation.

By the end of the two years, we will have worked out how good this experimental approach is at preventing blood vessel growth, and also any possible side effects on healthy eye cells.

As part of a «Body on a Chip» project funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in collaboration with partners from around the country, are developing miniature hearts, livers, blood vessels and lungs that will be used to predict the effects of chemical and biologic agents and used to test the effectiveness of potential treatments.

We came across a compound that had been isolated from a plant species and shown to have effects on blocking the growth of blood vessel cells, both in the culture dish and also in animal models.

We found that it is very selective and potent at stopping the growth of blood vessel cells without having negative effects on the growth of other cell types from the eye and elsewhere in the body.

This is basically tweaking the molecules: making small chemical changes to the compound in hopes of finding something that could block the growth of blood vessel cells initially in the culture dish without having toxic effects on other cell types.

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

Some sources claim that Barberry has a beneficial effect on blood pressure by causing a dilatation of the blood vessels.

Tannins have an astringent effect on the skin and shrink swollen tissue, while caffeine constricts blood vessels to reduce swelling.

Strength athletes» heart and blood vessels can take a couple of eggs for breakfast Eggs for breakfast have no negative effect on the cholesterol level, but may well have a positive effect on the concentration of triglycerides in the blood.

If you smoke, quitting can help (smoking can worsen the effects of lupus on the heart and blood vessels, and may complicate treatment).

When cardiologist Robert Vogel, M.D., and co-workers at the University of Maryland investigated the effect of olive oil on artery function, they found that it reduced blood flow in vessels by a whopping 31 percent.

Testosterone improves muscle mass and bone density and can have a positive effect on the heart, brain and blood vessels.

• widespread effects on circulation, muscles and sugar metabolism • raised heart rate • increased heart output • increased rate and depth of breathing • increased metabolic rate • increased force of muscular contraction • delayed muscular fatigue • reduced blood flow to bladder (muscular walls relax and sphincters contract) • reduced blood flow to intestines • increased blood pressure • increased sugar (glucose) in the blood • increased break - down of glucose for energy *, especially in muscle cells • increased free fatty acids in the blood * • more oxidation of fatty acids to produce energy * • more ATP (the cells» primary energy compound) produced * • blood vessels constrict

Theobromine has a similar effect on the lungs as theophylline, acts as a diuretic, and can also lower blood pressure by dilating blood vessels.

In addition, they promote relaxation, which can help protect against the constricting effect of stress on blood vessels.

Another study gave nitrate - rich spinach to healthy participants and measured its effects on their levels of nitric oxide, a signaling molecule normally used in the body to widen the blood vessels.

However, a study published in the European Heart Journal found that adding milk to black tea may block its beneficial effects on the heart and blood vessels.

Taurine has a powerful effect on the heart and blood vessels and studies show that people with high levels — have lower rates of coronary heart disease.

The effects of magnetic field exposure on blood flow and blood vessels in the microvasculature.

They looked at the effect these foods would have on the endothelium, which is the inner lining of your blood vessels.

There is no proof to show that Tooth White bleaching is harmful to the gums, but it's not clear what the long term effect on the nerves and blood vessels inside the teeth are.

Cardiovascular pharmacology: This branch of pharmacology deals with the study of the effects of drugs on the human's cardiovascular system, including the heart and blood vessels.

Unfortunately, these substances bring about pain and inflammation because of their effects on other components of the bone such as the nerve endings and blood vessels.

Disappointingly, the results of these experiments have shown that the most abundant antibody fragment that we isolated from our library does not appear to affect the interaction of VEGF with its receptor suggesting that this clone would not inhibit the biological effects of VEGF on tumor blood vessels.

Veterinarians are sometimes asked to surgically correct cryptorchidism by moving the testicle (s) down into the scrotum, but this is an extremely difficult and delicate operation with very little chance of success because of the length of the spermatic cord, the effect on attached tissues and blood vessels, and other technical reasons.

Walking in a park or through a landscape seeing squirrels, birds, deer and other harmless animals lowers your systolic blood pressure (the amount of pressure blood exerts on vessels while the heart is beating), eases the effects of disorders like ADHD, and improves well - being.

Argawal 2000 investigated the effect of different massage oils on physical growth and on physiological changes in blood flow and vessel diameter.