blood flow
12/20/2017
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By Zoey Sky
Researchers discover how your skin regulates blood pressure and heart rate by changing temperature to alter blood flow
A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Karolinska Institute in Sweden has revealed that our skin plays an important role when it comes to regulating blood pressure and heart rate. Even though the discovery was made while observing mice, the researchers posit that the same also holds true for humans. The study shows that skin, our largest […]
09/03/2017
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By Russel Davis
We all have tiny hairs inside our blood vessels that conform to the flow of your blood
A study published on the Nature Physics website revealed that the human body is covered on the inside with soft, microscopic carpets of hair — which include the tastebuds, the microvilli in our stomachs and protein strands throughout our blood vessels — that move with the currents of fluids that they are immersed in. In order to examine the behavior of […]
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