The thyroid produces hormones that can influence how
much the blood vessels dilate and therefore how much heat can escape.
Vascular tone, how
much the blood vessels are constricted in increased by insulin by increased intracellular calcium and activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
Not exact matches
There's really no way to know just how
much more thick your
blood needs to be before you block a
blood vessel and cause a heart attack or death.
While baby's skin can potentially grow
much darker as she ages and experiences pigmentation processes to their skin, they will remain a white - ish color as a result of the very thick layer of fat covering the expansive collection of their
blood vessels.
Fat cells cultured from the body mass index of a morbidly obese patient cause multiple myeloma cells to anchor to a
much greater extent than normal cells and produce a significantly larger number of
blood vessels to sustain the cancer cells.
«The glucose gradient increases from within
blood vessels into the brain, and that carries our particles toward the [
blood — brain barrier],» he says, «and this gradient is
much steeper around brain tumors.»
But statins do
much more than lower LDL — they affect the function of the lining of our
blood vessels and reduce some markers of inflammation, for instance.
Compared to their unmodified counterparts, the growth factors containing the PIGF - 2 sequence resulted in
much faster wound closing and production of granulation tissue, and also led to a more pronounced new
blood vessel formation, which is essential in sustaining the latter.
The regeneration process following brain injury involves complex processes, such as building new
blood vessels and rebuilding connections between neurons, and requires
much energy.
When two copies of the altered hemoglobin gene are present, they cause the shape of the hemoglobin to change so
much that the «sickled»
blood cells don't flow freely in the
blood vessels, causing excruciating pain.
The answer is «no,» Colton said, partly because a dense mesh of cells and
blood vessels called the
blood - brain barrier determines how
much arginine will enter the brain.
Much like metastasizing tumor cells, the team found, the fibroblasts can wriggle through the cells that line and protect
blood vessels.
After six weeks, researchers assessed how well the lining of
blood vessels, or the endothelium, functioned, by measuring how
much subjects» arteries dilated with increased
blood flow.
Centore didn't think
much about the cough he had developed until several months later, when it got so persistent that he ruptured a
blood vessel in his upper torso.
The reason for minor attacks is
much the same as a full - blown stroke: a
blood clot causes a blockage in the
blood vessels that feed oxygen - rich
blood to the brain.
Mice that lacked HIF2alpha had
much lower levels of VE - PTP and had
much leakier
blood vessels than mice that can make HIF2alpha.
«The blockage of arteries is very
much due to the immune system reacting to excess cholesterol and lipids in the walls of
blood vessels.»
Pretty
much every fatal thing that can go wrong with your heart and
blood vessels is aggravated by hypertension.
Tumors make too
much VEGF in their haste to form
blood vessels, which turns on the receptor complex.
«Regardless of how
much physical activity someone gets, prolonged sedentary time could negatively impact the health of your heart and
blood vessels,» Young explained.
That's great news since too
much cholesterol can clog up your
blood vessels and impair
blood flow.
Many years of sun exposure can weaken
blood vessel walls, contributing to a type of bruising in older adults known as «actinic purpura» or «senile purpura» — unsightly purple patches that occur on the backs of the hands and forearms without
much of a bump or injury.
It owes its name because of the high amount of
blood vessels in it and that it's filled with mitochondria, making it
much darker.
First, the anticoagulants weakened a
blood vessel in my uterus — so
much so that it ruptured and caused heavy bleeding.
VEGF stimulates the growth of new
blood vessels, and without a new supply of
blood a cancer tumor can't grow
much larger than a dot the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
Evan Brand: Here's another — you — you brought up vitamin D. Here's a good — a good hack and obviously it may take money if you're somewhere closer to the polls and it's wintertime, you're not gonna have as
much sunlight but there's definitely some research that shows that if you exposed your skin to sunlight, that it's gonna increase the level of nitric oxide which is isn't gonna naturally help you to dilate your
blood vessels and then, therefore, reduce your
blood pressure.
So, i was reflecting on how you say too
much sugar and bad fats cause subtle damage to
blood vessels, and i wondered — could the 18 or 19 hours a day i don't eat be giving my body a chance to clean up some of that damage?
Anatomically, the LS is
much bigger in volume and number of
vessels than the
blood system.
The compartments aren't able to expand as
much as they're supposed to be able to under increased pressure and you get a ton of pressure within the muscles and as that happens, it compresses nerves and
blood vessels and decreases
blood flow which means that the tissues inside that compartment don't get enough oxygen rich
blood and they are essentially oxygen starved and they become damage the same way that your heart, if oxygen starved, undergoes a heart attack and this can not be painful but can be damaging to the muscles.
For example, if we eat too
much of fats our
blood vessels start constricting.
Thinner, more fragile skin without as
much of a protective fat layer can put you at risk; and in addition, fragile
blood vessels under the skin can break more easily.
What happens when you drink alcohol is that it causes a dilation of the
blood vessels, and this in turn will give your white
blood cells and other substances in your bloodstream a
much easier access to your skin which in turn encourages an inflammatory response, and this in turn increases the likelihood of a psoriasis flare - up.
Too
much glucose in the
blood and (or) statins damage small
blood vessels.
I'm not saying supplements aren't useful in some situations, but my experience with
blood vessel health has pretty
much borne out the «whole foods is better» approach.
Potassium is also very
much beneficial in relaxing your
blood vessels.
Too
much homocysteine can damage
blood vessel walls, and high levels of it are associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Excess weight and chronically high insulin levels caused by eating too
much sugar and white bread also weakens
blood vessels, which causes softer erections.
Over time, too
much glucose in the
blood can lead to increased plaque deposits on the insides of the
blood vessel walls.
-- Too
much sugar in the
blood also reduces the levels of the beneficial and powerful vasodilator gas — nitric oxide in our
blood vessels.
«Instead of discrete obstructions, the plaque is evenly distributed throughout the
blood vessels, so its pretty
much invisible on the angiogram,» says Dr. Goldberg, who's also an AHA spokeswoman.
Too
much calcium can cause skeletal problems, especially in large - breed puppies; too
much vitamin A can harm
blood vessels and cause dehydration and joint pain.
This analysis is important, because having too
much of a particular vitamin is counterproductive and can also lead to a number of problems, such as dehydration, excess calcium that affects the bones, loss of appetite, damage to
blood vessels, etc..
In rare cases, a
much more virulent strain of this virus can cause inflammation of the liver, intestines, pancreas, and cells that line the
blood vessels.
By examining oral heparin's effects at the level of
blood vessels, researchers will gain a
much more accurate view of the drug's effects - and finally determine whether oral heparin is a viable option for clinical cases.
Using rat models, Hiebert discovered that oral heparin rapidly enters the body's circulation with
much of the drug being taken up by the endothelium (layer of flattened cells that line
blood vessels and some internal body cavities).
These happen when your cat keeps itching at their ear so
much that they rupture
blood vessels inside of the ear, most commonly with ear mites.
In edema, either too
much fluid moves form the
blood vessels into the tissues, or not enough fluid moves back into the tissues.
Greyhounds will usually only bleed for a few minutes unless a
blood vessel has been severed and although the bleeding may stop, you could potentially have a small wound with
much more significant damage under the skin.
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