Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) measures blood flow across wide areas of brain tissue with high precision, providing new evidence of how blood vessels coordinate brain perfusion. Temporal ...

Could you summarize the core thesis of your research regarding the ‘Cerebral Windkessel’ and how it redefines our ...

Your pulse and blood pressure work together as vital indicators of heart health, though they measure different things. While blood pressure shows how forcefully blood pushes against artery walls, your ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My husband is 57 and has had two heart attacks, but he is now healthy and has low blood pressure. He is on Zetia, Benicar, Lipitor, aspirin and Effexor. His problem is that when he lies ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to the blood vessels that feed the brain. Scientists are now testing whether ...