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Using PET scans to better understand heart scarringUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares
Researchers in Edinburgh will develop a new way to visualise cardiac scar formation, to help us to understand new ways to prevent heart failure after a heart attack. After a heart attack, scar tissue can develop in the heart. This contrib...
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Diet and diabetes
Diabetes is a complex condition, so we cannot simply say it is caused by eating sugar, as an expert explains.
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Studying storage granules to understand bleeding disordersUniversity College London | Professor Daniel F Cutler
Endothelial cells that line the blood vessel contain cigar shaped storage granules called Weibel-Palade Bodies (WPBs), which release factors involved in blood clotting and inflammation. WPBs are malformed and do not function properly in Vo...
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Understanding healthy heart development to help repair congenital heart defectsKing's College London | Dr Karen Liu
Recent technological advances have made it possible to identify changes in our DNA which can cause congenital heart disease. But this still doesn’t always mean we know what the affected genes do during heart development. Dr Karen Liu has ...
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No difference in key heart attack symptoms between men and women
Women who have heart attacks experience the same key symptoms as men, quashing one of the reasons given for women receiving unequal care.
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Can a drug called allopurinol help people with heart and lung disease?University of Dundee | Professor Allan Struthers
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition where the airways become inflamed and narrowed, causing difficulty breathing. It is a common condition, which affects people’s daily lives. Many people with COPD develop a form of ...
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Developing new ways to measure stiffness of arteries
Developing new ways to measure stiffness of arteries
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How RhoJ helps new blood vessels to growUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Victoria Heath
Dr Victoria Heath and her team at the University of Birmingham are studying the processes that control angiogenesis - when blood vessels form from existing vessels. This process is important in health and in heart and circulatory disease. ...
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Number of Northern Ireland heart patients waiting over six months for surgery increases 30-fold
Thirty times more people are waiting over six months for cardiac surgery than a year ago, according to analysis by British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland.
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MPs vote in favour of Tobacco and Vapes Bill
We are delighted that MPs have voted in favour of the Second Reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, by a majority of 316.