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Ethnicity and heart disease

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Your ethnicity can affect your risk of heart disease. Find out how you can reduce that risk.

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London Paris BikeRide group cycling

Join us on our inaugural Clock2Rock bike ride and cycle from London to Gibraltar for the adventure of a lifetime.

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BHF Events

Walk, ride, run or swim to help raise vital funds for us. And find out about our new cycling events...

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New bike rides coming soon
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A taste of Britain

Everyday British cookbook

Our Everyday British recipe book gives a healthy twist to those traditional British meals

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Book a collection

We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.

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Research

The heart research you fund

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£2 million to keep hearts beating

Professor Kinya Otsu

Your donations have raised over £2 million for new Professor Kinya Otsu's research into stopping heart cells dying.

Life-saving heart research

Our research successes

Research

We invest in world-class research into heart disease. Find out how far we've come in 50 years, and how far we still have to go.

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Heart Town launch in Bromley

We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.

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About BHF

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Where we're at

50 years of heart health

Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease, and find out where we're going in the future.

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Where we are

Where we are

From shops to events, Heart Nurses to Professors, find something near you on our map.

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Feb Mar 2012 - Issue 42

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 Dietitian Pippa Burge

Eat your way to a healthy heart

Get the lowdown from the experts in a healthy diet. We speak to three dietians for their top tips.

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 Sally Gunnell

Back in the Games

Read about how gold medallist Sally Gunnell keeps fit, plus her involvement in the London Olympics.

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Contents

Latest news

  • Art with a heart 
  • Our YouTube channel
  • My world: Columnist John Jenkins
  • Your letters
  • Behind the headlines
  • WIN a walking holiday

Nutrition

  • Flipping good: tasty pancakes that are good for you too
  • How to have a heart-healthy diet: get expert advice from three dietitians  
  • Recipe: prawns with Jamaican jerk marinade

 

Medical

  • Focus on: Diabetes and your heart
  • The latest research on blood pressure
  • Ask the experts

My story

  • How to quit for good this No Smoking Day  
  • "How I beat the bad times" - Jill Smith's story

Activity

  • Take the plunge: aqua aerobics will do you the world of good
  • Olympian Sally Gunnell on this year's Games and how she keeps fit
  • Get back on top form: how you can return to fitness after a heart attack


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British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547.
Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426