Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering team wants to reduce it to 21 days. They’re planning to drop the healing time by amplifying what the body already does ...

Could the salt that preserves hot dogs also preserve your health? Scientists at the National Institutes of Health think so. They’ve begun infusing sodium nitrite into volunteers in hopes that it could ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous free radical that reacts with O2 in air and aqueous solution. NO donors have been widely used to circumvent the difficulties inherent in working with a reactive gas, but ...

Nitric oxide supplements are often used to help the heart, lower high blood pressure, treat erectile dysfunction, and boost athletic performance. Nitric oxide is a natural gas in the body that helps ...

Nitric oxide is a compound of one nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom that plays a vital role in the body. You may be able to increase your level of nitric oxide by eating certain foods, including ...

These chemicals are found in everything from bacon and sausage to beets and celery — but how you consume them matters. Here‘s what the research says. Nitrates and nitrites are naturally occurring ...

Around the world, 425 million people live with diabetes and upwards of 15 percent develop foot ulcers, which increases their risk of death 2.5 times. A new nitric oxide-releasing technology has the ...