Research reveals how blood flow force protects blood vessels

Friday, January 29, 2010 - 12:56 in Health & Medicine

It is second nature for most of us that exercise protects against heart attack and stroke, but researchers have spent 30 years unravelling the biochemistry behind the idea. One answer first offered by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Centre is that athletic hearts push blood through arteries with greater force, which alone triggers reactions that protect against dangerous clogs in blood vessels...

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