Frogs' porous skin is also how they drink. "That water is getting into all those spaces in the skin, and is then being ...

Extended sitting leads to brain shrinkage and memory decline, even if physical activity is maintained, particularly in ...

Whilst many of us do our best to take care of our brain, heart, skin and gut, we often take our veins for granted. Perhaps we ...

These sports develop when capillaries, small blood vessels, break and leak blood into your skin. Petechiae can sometimes occur due to harmless causes, such as prolonged straining, heavy coughing ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), affecting millions globally, can manifest through visible skin changes. Jaundice, ...

Certain vital tissues in the body contain elastin, including blood vessels, the lungs, and skin. Without your elastin, your skin and other tissues would sag.

Vasculitis is an inflammation and destruction of blood vessels. Doctors associate vasculitis with infections, medications, and autoimmune conditions. In some cases, the cause of vasculitis is unknown.

Biology in the background You have an incredible number of blood vessels in your skin. In fact, if you lined up all the blood vessels in the skin of an adult human end to end, they would stretch for ...

Because finger wrinkles after prolonged immersion are caused by blood vessels beneath the skin contracting, the patterns of wrinkles stay constant. CREDIT: Guy German. cbedoc2pdf ...