Brisk reflexes refer to an above-average response during a reflex test. During a reflex test, your doctor tests your deep tendon reflexes with a reflex hammer to measure your response. This test is ...

Using a rat model for high blood pressure (hypertension), a common chronic cardiovascular condition, researchers found that preexisting hypertension altered normal reflexes in the lungs to affect ...

FOR many years clinicians have noted a correlation between the level of thyroid function and the speed of tendon reflexes. As early as 1924 Chaney, at the Mayo Clinic, attempted to quantitate the ...

When your newborn is lying on their back, do you notice they often look like they have assumed the position of a fencer ready for swordplay? With their head turned to the same side as their ...

TAMPA, Fla. (June 18, 2019) -- Air pollution significantly increases the risk for premature deaths, particularly in people with underlying cardiovascular disease, clinical and epidemiological studies ...