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Better together: An end of life initiative for patients with heart failure and their familiesBooklet, 16 pages, published on 01/08/2010
A study of the development and impact of the British Heart Foundation and Marie Curie Cancer Care supportive and palliative care initiative for patients with heart failure and their families.
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The BHF's research highlights of 2020
What a year it's been for our community of researchers. Not only have they continued their life-saving research into heart and circulatory diseases, but some redirected their expertise to join the fight against coronavirus. Let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the BHF’s research highlights in 2020.
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RESEARCH
Can a drug given in high risk pregnancy protect the unborn child from heart disease in later life?University of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani
Heart and circulatory disease is the UK’s biggest killer. Research to find new ways to prevent it at an early stage could make a huge difference to society. As well as risk factors such as smoking and obesity, scientists have noted that the...
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Manipulating energy levels in the heart to treat coronary heart disease and heart failureUniversity of Oxford | Professor Stefan Neubauer
Every cell in our body needs energy to work. A molecule called creatine helps to store and transfer the energy that heart muscle cells need to contract, and is controlled by an enzyme called creatine kinase. Scientists believe that increasi...
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Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year
We are urging the Government to press on with plans to restrict junk food advertising on TV and online.
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Using statistics to find the parts of the human genome that relate to our risk of heart and circulatory diseasesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Adam Butterworth
Around 130 regions of DNA in the human genetic code are known to have an effect on our risk of heart attacks or strokes. However, in most cases we don’t yet understand how the genes in these regions have these effects. One way to tackle thi...
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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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British Regional Heart Study (BRHS): studying the causes and ways to prevent heart and circulatory disease in older menUniversity College London | Professor Sasiwarang Goya Wannamethee
People over 70 are at particular risk of death from coronary heart disease (CHD), yet most research tends to focus on patients and risk factors in middle age. The British Regional Heart Study is one of the few studies that has been collecti...
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5 lies we tell ourselves about our weight
With stories about weight gain and obesity constantly in the media, it's hard to tell fact from fiction. We reveal the truth and offer weight loss tips.
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Take part in Restart a Heart Day to save a life
Three quarters of UK adults have learned CPR - but less than half would not feel confident to perform chest compressions if someone was having a cardiac arrest, new research shows.