Blood Vessels Articles

Blood Vessels Articles:

What Are Your Baby Fat Cells Doing?

Until recently nobody knew exactly where your baby fat cells lived. In a new study clever scientists engineered mice so that baby fat cells would glow green, allowing them to pinpoint their exact location and to follow their development.

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A Lack of Vitamin D Linked to Stiff Arteries in Healthy People

New research conducted at Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute found that even in healthy people, a lack of vitamin D is linked to stiffening of arteries and blood vessel cells that cannot relax properly.

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Micro Damage to Brain’s Blood Vessels is Associated with Parkinsonian Symptoms

A fascinating new study is showing that current diagnostics cannot even identify a common problem during aging that is significantly reducing physical function and quality of life. Many people have symptoms of nerve-muscle malfunction, such as shaking hands, decline in walking speed, loss of balance/coordination and trouble with posture. Yet, these Parkinson’s-like symptoms typically never turn into full blown Parkinson’s. A new study analyzing the brains of individuals after they die correlates such problems to microscopic blood vessel damage.

Read More: balance, blood vessels, coordination, hand shaking, parkinsons