Key characteristics: Spider veins aren’t actually veins at all – they’re tiny, damaged capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that appear as red, blue, or purple lines just under the skin’s ...

Dementia — the progressive decline in cognitive abilities, impacting memory, language and reasoning — affects more than 6 ...

Researchers find that the blood vessels of the eye change in a specific manner during the early stages of dementia.

The scans reveal narrower arterioles (the small blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (the smallest veins which receive blood from capillaries), and thinner retinal ...

The scans reveal narrower arterioles (the small blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (the smallest veins which receive blood from capillaries), and thinner retinal ...