The blood in your body delivers oxygen to all of your cells. When you breathe and draw fresh oxygen into your lungs, red blood cells bind with the oxygen and carry it through your bloodstream.

Canadian Blood Services says appointments to donate blood are filling up in Vancouver after an SUV tore through a Filipino community festival on Saturday, killing 11 and sending dozens to hospital.

Bananas are the best way to beat high blood pressure, according to new research. The fruit and broccoli are key sources of potassium which helps regulate blood pressure, say scientists.

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments and tissue injury caused by non-cancerous conditions. The new test ...

A new blood test that uses AI to detect signs of a dozen cancers long before symptoms develop is to be tested on NHS patients. The trial on 8,000 patients will analyse blood samples for tiny ...

“Usually, when we have high blood pressure, we are advised to eat less salt,” said the study’s corresponding author, Dr Anita Layton, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, forces the heart to work harder than normal, which can damage blood vessels and organs over time. This raises the risk of serious health problems such as ...

Canadian filmmaker Ted Kotcheff, best know for directing Sylvester Stallone and introducing Vietnam War veteran John Rambo in the classic “First Blood,” along with directing the Nick Nolte ...

In the short term, it can. Coffee can temporarily lead to a small uptick in blood sugar after drinking it, even when it doesn’t contain the carb-heavy extras like sugar, syrups, or creamers.

The Red Sea has got nothing on this red beach. The shoreline off an Iranian island turned bright red after getting battered by heavy rains in a scene straight out of the Bible. “Walking along ...

Days after making his NBA All-Star Game debut, the 21-year-old was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — a blood clot condition — in his right shoulder. While the organization reportedly ...

All three were hooked up to machines that provided a readout of their vital signs, and all three were prepared to have a syringe of manufactured blood injected into their veins. There were ...