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Whether you've lived with a heart condition all your life, just been diagnosed, or decided you want to make your heart health a priority, it can be a challenging and sometimes lonely road ahead.

But it doesn't have to be. Here you can find people just like you to talk to and share experiences with. The answers to difficult questions. Solutions for the everyday problems you face. A way to keep fighting.

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Real women, real stories

Michelle
Congenital heart condition
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Rachel
Coronary heart disease
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 Maureen
Heart attack
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Althea
Dilated cardiomyopathy
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Hole in the heart
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Heart attack
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Heart news for you

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Y are men more at risk?
One of our researchers is given a prestigious award for paper on chromosomes and heart disease.
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How one scientist is fighting to cure heart failure
Find out what heart researcher Samuel Boateng is doing to help mend broken hearts and stop heart failure in its tracks.
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Research centres
Four new e-health centres we co-fund have been officially opened
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Gene therapy
Find out about of two new clinical trials of a potential treatment for heart failure - the cuilmination of 20 years of research.
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Air pollution and heart disease
Find out about our latest research into the association between air pollution and increased risk of heart disease.