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  • Essex Heartbeat

    An independent support group in Essex offering friendship and support to people affected by heart and circulatory conditions.

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    How RhoJ helps new blood vessels to grow

    University 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. ...

  • Landmark moment as The Circuit becomes fully nationwide

    Today, the London Ambulance Service has joined The Circuit – a landmark moment which means for the first time all ambulance services across the UK are using the same defibrillator database.

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    Do weight loss programmes lead to long-term heart health?

    University of Oxford | Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

    The link between heart and circulatory diseases and obesity is well-known. Over the next 20 years, rising levels of obesity are predicted to lead to 1.63 million new cases of coronary heart disease in the UK. Behavioural weight loss program...

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    Preventing stroke damage by mimicking the body’s own anti-clot drugs

    University of Manchester | Professor Stuart M Allan

    Stroke is a devastating condition which occurs when blood supply to the brain is limited. It can occur when a clot blocks the brains blood supply and is made worse by inflammation of the blood vessels in the brain. Von Willebrand Factor (v...

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    How does the heart make new heart muscle?

    Newcastle University | Dr Gavin Richardson

    This research aims to investigate how the heart makes new heart muscle in a model of heart disease and answer three main questions: How much can the heart mend itself? Which cells make new heart muscle? What limitations prevent these cells ...

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    Using stress signals to predict heart disease

    University of Glasgow | Dr Paul Welsh

    In this Intermediate Fellowship, Dr Welsh aims to develop biomarker tests to better predict the risk of cardiovascular disease, including a heart attack. Doctors currently use risk scores to assess how high a person’s risk of a heart attack...

  • Strong muscles linked to lower heart attack risk

    People with strong muscles in their chest and back are less likely to have heart attacks, according to AI analysis of heart scans.

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    Improving assessment of obesity in South Asian and black African children

    St George's, University of London | Professor Peter Whincup

    Professor Peter Whincup is assessing levels of body fat and obesity in children of different ethnic backgrounds living in the UK. High levels of body fat are of concern in South Asian and black African children, who have a higher chance of ...

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    How blood vessel cells change their shape and orientation

    University of Bristol | Professor Harry Mellor

    After a heart attack or stroke, the body needs to make new blood vessels to replenish the oxygen supply to tissues. To form new blood vessels, cells called endothelial cells undergo profound changes in shape and organise themselves into a t...