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Eating more eggs has been linked to a higher risk of heart and circulatory disease and death, but is this the full picture?

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.

Try our five healthy toppings for toast, crumpets or rice cakes, and enjoy a tasty snack without harming your heart

Husband and wife Stuart and Leanne Waters reflect on how his cardiac arrest changed life for their whole family.

Find printed BHF booklets and resources to help support your patients through tests, diagnosis, conditions, treatment and healthy living.

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.

RESEARCH

University 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...

RESEARCH

University 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...

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.

Find out how Elizabeth has adapted to ICD shocks.