Help, facts & lifestyle advice
Ethnicity and heart disease
Your ethnicity can affect your risk of heart disease. Find out how you can reduce that risk.
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Events, fundraising & campaigning
National Wear Red Day is coming
Join in the fun of National Heart Month in February and wear something red.
Walk, ride, run or swim to help raise vital funds for us. And find out about our new cycling events...
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High street & online shopping
Treat someone special
Spoil your loved one with one of your heart warming gifts this Valentine’s Day.
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We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.
The heart research we fund
Hope for mending broken hearts
Find out how your donations are helping fund a £260,000 research project looking for clues into mending broken hearts.
Life-saving heart research
We invest in world-class research into heart disease. Find out how far we've come in 50 years.
Connect & share experiences
We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.
Find out about Heart Towns
Share experiences, stories, tips and ideas in our community.
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Who we are & our mission
Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease, and find out where we're going in the future.
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From shops to events, Heart Nurses to Professors, find something near you on our map.
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News from the BHF
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We're here to answer journalists' queries on medical research, our policies, our shops, fundraising and other heart-related topics.
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03/02/2012
New research shows kids who travel by car to school are less active overall
01/02/2012
Rachel Stevens joins in with National Wear Red Day
Researchers claim heart failure may affect memory, reasoning and planning
30/01/2012
Measuring blood pressure in both arms could help doctors determine heart disease risk
Research shows that an existing MS drug could help to prevent heart failure.
27/01/2012
But it's not all good news, says our Medical Director in a new blog
25/01/2012
Ian Fleming's family donate £120,000 to mend broken hearts.
Our new research shows heart attack death rates are falling - but the hard work needs to continue
Drinking three cups of tea daily may lower your blood pressure
24/01/2012
Frying food in olive or sunflower oil is better for your heart health than using saturated fats
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