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BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse explains why you might experience discomfort after you have had a stent fitted, and what to do when it happens. Read more.

Ever wondered about the difference between chapatti and parathas, or wanted to be able to tell your focaccia from your grissini? We explain.

The BHF has today announced that it intends to consult with staff on reducing costs which may involve losing up to 300 roles at the charity. We have been forced to begin the process in response to the devastating fall in our income caused by the coronavirus crisis.

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King's College London | Professor Graham Lord

Pioneering research has led to advances in preventing organ rejection soon after a heart transplant. Transplant patients receive treatment to modify their immune systems – maximising the chances of their body accepting the donor heart. Howe...

Professor Ziad Mallat is among 50 world-leading UK researchers who have been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

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University of Oxford | Professor David Greaves

Atherosclerosis, where the inner lining of blood vessels becomes ‘furred up’ with fatty plaque, is the underlying cause of angina, heart attacks and strokes. In areas of atherosclerosis, specialist inflammatory cells are activated by the da...

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

Research that reveals more about how the heartbeat is controlled is important to our understanding of how the heart works and could potentially reveal new ways to treat some types of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmias). Our heart is divide...

Discover 10 stretches from exercise specialist Andrew Scard to help your joints and muscles move more easily, including hamstring, neck and shoulder stretches.

According to the news headlines, drinking green tea could prevent deaths from heart attacks or strokes. We look behind the headlines.

The Mexican tetra fish can repair its heart after damage — something researchers have been striving to achieve in humans for years. Now, new research funded by the British Heart Foundation published in Cell Reports suggests that a gene called lrrc10 may hold the key to this fish’s remarkable ability.