{"id":1041720,"date":"2010-06-03T08:15:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T08:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/the-aging-of-arteries\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:51:15","slug":"the-aging-of-arteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/the-aging-of-arteries.php","title":{"rendered":"The Aging of Arteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A general interest article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2010\/05\/sarcopenia-as-a-consequence-of-failing-blood-vessel-function.php\">aging of blood vessels<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703406604575278713597433300.html\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>: &#8220;Over time, however, the effects of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypertension\">high blood pressure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cholesterol\">cholesterol<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_sugar\">blood sugar<\/a> and tobacco smoke provide a toxic milieu that injures the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endothelium\">endothelium<\/a>. That causes an inflammatory response intended to heal the artery wall, but that in the face of continuous injury only makes things worse. The progressive result is an accumulation of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atheroma\">fatty deposits called plaque<\/a> that can rupture or have their caps shear off, causing clots that lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myocardial_infarction\">heart attacks<\/a>. In addition, artery walls can stiffen, transforming compliant arteries into conduits like &#8216;Styrofoam tubes&#8217; [that] increase both blood pressure and the workload on the heart. &#8230; Both high body mass, particularly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2008\/03\/lose-the-visceral-fat.php\">belly fat that accounts for a person&#8217;s bulging waist line<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diabetes\">diabetes<\/a> have a pernicious effect on the health of adult blood vessels. &#8230; Even if your weight is under control, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, sedentary living and stress all are culprits that can accelerate vascular age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>View the Article Under Discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703406604575278713597433300.html\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703406604575278713597433300.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longevitymeme.org\/news\" \/>http:\/\/www.longevitymeme.org\/news\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general interest article on the aging of blood vessels from the Wall Street Journal: &#8220;Over time, however, the effects of high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and tobacco smoke provide a toxic milieu that injures the endothelium. That causes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/the-aging-of-arteries.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1246678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1041720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-longevity-medicine"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}