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The heart does get tired eventually. Poor blood circulation will do terrible things.

This is a pretty cool technology.

https://billionsinchange.in/en/solutions/renew/

It squeezes the legs to help the heart pump blood.



Wouldn't that increase mean arterial pressure? Would the heart reduce its output as a response to the external pressure? And what's with their claims of it clearing "trash" from your brain?


I honestly have no idea. The marketing material suggests old people show health improvements. I'm no expert but so far it seems officially it doesn't do anything but looks promising.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3021100/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC385349/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383356/




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