arteries
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Both the higher and lower fitness groups who consumed the low-flavanol drink showed declines in FMD in the arteries of their arms and legs.
From Science Daily
More than 100 older patients in their 60s and 70s treated at Mayo for an autoimmune disease that attacks the arteries had unusually vigorous immune systems that had not slowed with age, dubbed “immune youth.”
The two major arteries in the area, Foothill Boulevard and La Tuna Canyon Road, have both been “road-dieted” from two lanes to one in recent years, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Chronically elevated blood pressure can damage arteries and veins, which can lead to hypertension, for example.
From Seattle Times
Nor do I look forward to the likely open-heart surgery I will have for my now-70 percent calcified and blocked coronary arteries.
From Washington Post
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