Sentences with phrase «of blood vessel disease»

Diagnosis of blood vessel disease is difficult and often relies on finding tumors in other parts of the body.

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It creates a biological response, Murthy says, that leads to chronic inflammation, damaged tissue and blood vessels, and an increased risk of heart disease, arthritis and diabetes.

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.

It's also super healthy as it's rich in disease - fighting flavonoids, as well as being full of magnesium, which works to relax blood vessels to improve blood flow and nutrient delivery.

About Kawasaki Disease: KD is a serious illness characterized by inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body that primarily affects young children and infants.

Cardiac anatomy consists of veins and blood vessels, so a diet that is high in saturated fats and artery clogging foods is a direct cause of cardiac diseases and problems during pregnancy, labor and delivery.

Studies have shown that regular consumption of cocoa may reduce heart disease risk, help raise good cholesterol, and possibly reverse blood vessel damage in people with diabetes.

Another serious health concern to watch out for is Kawasaki disease, which is a rare condition that occurs in children and involves inflammation of the blood vessels.

It has been noted that an injury to a person's blood vessels in their brain may actually dramatically alter the progression as well as onset of Alzheimer's disease.

This small blood vessel change may provide a new therapeutic target to alter the progression of the disease.

Interestingly, as many as nine of the genes have been previously associated with some vascular disease and four more are known to be involved in the regulation of vascular tone, supporting the importance of blood vessels in migraine attacks.

«The main value of our research is the pinpointing of the importance of endothelin - 1 and blood vessel constriction to multiple vascular diseases,» says senior author Sekar Kathiresan, a cardiologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University.

Two protein molecules that fit together as lock and key seem to promote the abnormal formation of blood vessels in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, who found that the substances are present at higher levels in the joints of patients affected by the disease.

To find out, the researchers injected a cloned telomerase gene into cultured cells from retina, skin, and blood vessels, all of which are associated with degenerative, aging - related diseases.

A major obstacle to improving treatment for the 3,470 cases of the disease expected in the United States this year is the blood - brain barrier, the name given to the tight fit of cells that make up the blood vessels in the brain.

Earlier studies have demonstrated that cocoa flavanol intake improves the elasticity of blood vessels and lowers blood pressure — but, for the most part, these investigations have focused on high - risk individuals like smokers and people that have already been diagnosed with conditions like hypertension and coronary heart disease.

To look for the vessels, Dr. Reich's team used MRI to scan the brains of five healthy volunteers who had been injected with gadobutrol, a magnetic dye typically used to visualize brain blood vessels damaged by diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or cancer.

Understanding this new mechanism of cardiovascular disease could lead to the development of new therapies to treat individuals who suffer from heart and blood vessel ailments due to these mutations,» explained corresponding author Kenneth Walsh, PhD, professor of medicine at BUSM.

In blood diseases such as essential thrombocythemia, too many platelets can lead to clogging of the blood vessels, causing clots, heart attack or strokes.

Oxidative stress, inflammation and insulin resistance affect the inner linings of blood vessels, and are associated with the development of atherosclerosis, the disease process that underlies heart disease and causes the arteries to become narrowed.

A University of Connecticut study suggests that resveratrol helps stave off heart disease, and another study suggests that antioxidants like those found in red wine protect blood vessels from premature damage.

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that age (or age at diagnosis) and duration of diabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in the eyes).

Some heart disease patients may not be able to grow new blood vessels around blocked arteries because they can't make enough of a vital protein, according to a report in the latest issue of Circulation.

Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors — high blood pressure, high blood sugar, unhealthy cholesterol levels and abdominal fat — that double the risk of blood vessel and heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

Although such abnormal tau clusters are found in brain diseases including Alzheimer's, their location in CTE is unique — near small blood vessels, and most often near the bottom of sulci, the deep folds in the brain's cortex.

High levels of low - density lipoproteins (LDL — the «bad cholesterol») and triglycerides, a type of blood fat, are associated with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel diseases.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / adventtr More than 382,000 people with kidney disease in the U.S. are on dialysis, a painful procedure that can wreak havoc on blood vessels due to constant jabs from large needles.

A close look at the characteristic plaques of scar tissue that lend the disease its name shows that they typically cluster around blood vessels.

The concept of tailoring drugs to regulate and treat abnormal brain blood vessels is a novel treatment strategy and offers great potential to complement existing treatments of this debilitating disease.»

In the U.S., one in every four deaths is a result of heart disease, which includes a range of conditions from arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, to defects, as well as blood vessel diseases, more commonly known as cardiovascular diseases.

These conditions are associated with high blood sugar, which can damage the vessels that supply blood to vital organs and can also increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Excessive or uncontrolled inflammation can actually make injuries worse and contribute to disease in a couple of different ways — by activating cell death processes, clogging and rupturing blood vessels and producing toxic molecules like free radicals.

Tissues outside of the bones don't naturally calcify, yet mineralization of organs, including the heart, blood vessels, and kidneys, occurs with age and is exacerbated in people with diabetes or kidney disease.

The most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, which is caused by elevated blood sugar levels damaging the blood vessels of the retina and affects approximately 7.7 million Americans.

«We need more research to better understand how to help people who have had adversity in childhood prevent or delay the development of heart and blood vessel diseases.»

Not all children who grow up facing adversity develop diseases of the heart and blood vessels, a finding that suggests the existence of a range of biological, environmental, cultural and social factors that may help reduce risk and prevent disease development.

Milton Schiffenbauer of Pace University in New York, US, says that by protecting against this damage, polyphenols may reduce the blood vessel inflammation thought to promote cardiovascular disease.

These risk factors raise the likelihood of developing heart and blood vessel diseases and conditions in adulthood, including coronary artery disease, heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The research, which provides an update for 2014 on the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe, shows that death rates from CVD (diseases of the heart and blood vessels) vary enormously.

However, at least one of the genetic risk - factors for Alzheimer's disease may cause these blood vessels to lose some of their integrity, which could allow bacteria to enter and colonize the brain.

A major contributor to these cardiovascular diseases is clogged blood vessels (atherosclerosis), which result from the buildup of fatty deposits or plaque.

To demonstrate the potential for treating lung disease, the researchers used the nanoparticles to block two genes that have been implicated in lung cancer — VEGF receptor 1 and Dll4, which promote the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.

They focused on three different types of PVD: arterial disease in the lower extremities, called peripheral artery disease; carotid artery stenosis, which is blockage in the carotid arteries, the major blood vessels in the neck that supply blood to the brain, neck and face; and abdominal aortic aneurysm, an enlargement of the lower aorta, the major blood vessel that supplies blood to the body.

We will continue to investigate how it guides blood vessel growth, with the ultimate aim of tapping on its potential as a target to address human cardiovascular diseases.»

A recent study by researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine has shown that a protein inhibitor drug prevents these blockages, and could be a new therapeutic approach to prevent heart attack, stroke and other diseases caused by blocked blood vessels.

Their studies indicate that the two conditions common in sickle cell disease, dramatically increase red blood cells» adhesion to the lining of blood vessels walls and the debilitating pain crises that can result.

«The discovery of ferroelectricity in blood vessel walls adds an important dimension to the biophysical properties of blood vessel wall, which could lead to the development of new methods in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases,» Liu and collaborators write.

Endothelial dysfunction (low blood vessel reactivity) is considered an early indicator of cardiovascular disease risk.

Low levels of both oxygen and the powerful blood vessel dilator nitric oxide appear to have an unfortunate synergy for patients with sickle cell disease, researchers report.

In the less common, wet form of the disease, rogue blood vessels escape normal growth control and leak fluid into the macula, the area at the center of the retina that enables a person to see fine detail.