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Sex and heart conditions
Learn about enjoying a happy and healthy sex life even if you have a heart condition including when you can start having sex again and why you may be experiencing a loss of sex drive or impotence.
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Life after you've given CPR
If you give CPR to someone it can be a shocking and traumatic event. Get information and support on what happens after someone has a cardiac arrest.
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Spotting the silent heart rhythm disorders to prevent stroke and dementiaUniversity of Oxford | Professor Barbara Casadei
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common irregular heart rhythm. It is linked to increased risk of stroke and heart attacks. Short episodes of AF are relatively common, particularly in the elderly, and tend to go unnoticed. But it’s poss...
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Iron and the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Samira Lakhal Littleton
Previous research has shown that manipulating iron levels in the heart could help to treat heart disease. But to manipulate iron in the heart, we first need to understand how iron levels are regulated. Hepcidin is a hormone made in the live...
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Stopping the damage that diabetes causes to arteries and veins
Diabetes can lead to blood vessel damage and raise your risk of heart disease, blindness and limb amputation. We’ve been funding research to find ways to grow or repair blood vessels damaged by diabetes.
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State-of-the-art scans to detect and monitor heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Professor Bernard Keavney
New state-of-the-art scans are now able to provide intricate detail about heart structure and function and, increasingly, are being used to pick up early signs of heart disease, or to monitor disease progression. One of the most promisi...
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Researchers in Scotland and Israel study pericytes to regenerate the heartUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Bruno Peault
The University of Edinburgh and Technion have world-leading researchers in the field of heart regeneration and as part of this project they will join forces to help find ways of repairing damaged heart muscle. Professor Peault, based at ...
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Three million pound house draw to raise funds for the BHF
We’re excited to be partnering with online charity fundraising platform Omaze to offer one lucky person the chance to win a stunning three-million-pound house in Central London and raise crucial funds to support our life saving research.
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Do eggs raise your risk of heart disease and death?
Eating more eggs has been linked to a higher risk of heart and circulatory disease and death, but is this the full picture?
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The media and statinsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Krishnan Bhaskaran
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team are studying whether media interest in statin side effects caused fewer patients to start taking statins, or stop taking them. Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart at...