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On the NHS frontline: Victoria's story
Victoria Meynell, a cardiac nurse who works in the British Heart Foundation’s Health Service Engagement Team, reflects on her week on the NHS frontline where she cared for patients affected by coronavirus.
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Reducing the use of animals in heart attack researchManchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones
Heart attacks and most strokes occur when blood clots block one or more critical arteries in the heart or brain. These conditions kill millions of people each year around the world. Cutting this death toll requires researchers to study in e...
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Tobacco measures headline King’s Speech
The King's Speech outlined the Government's commitment to creating a smokefree generation and addressing NHS workforce challenges.
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How does interleukin-1 contribute to stroke damage?University of Manchester | Professor Stuart M Allan
When blood vessels feeding the brain become blocked because of furred up arteries (atherosclerosis) or a blood clot, a stroke occurs. The stroke is made worse by inflammation, when immune system cells invade the injured area and cause furth...
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Understanding the role of LDL cholesterol in platelet activationUniversity of Hull | Professor Khalid Naseem
Professor Khalid Naseem from the University of Hull and Dr Michael Tomlinson from the University of Birmingham will spend 3 years studying the behaviour of tiny blood cells called platelets in the circulatory system. Although platelets are ...
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Finding out which protein channels control the atrioventricular nodeUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Professor Jules Hancox and his team at the University of Bristol are studying small proteins that control a small region of the heart called the atrioventricular node, or AVN, to better understand the electrics of the heart muscle. The AVN...
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Health at Work - What the label tells you challengeGame, 3 pages, published on 28/05/2015
This is an interactive and fun challenge that delivers a serious message about the eatwell plate model of healthy eating. All or part of the challenge can be easily incorporated into a team meeting.
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Understanding how calcium channels keep the heartbeat in syncUniversity of Dundee | Professor Timothy Hales
Dr William Fuller and his colleagues at the University of Dundee are studying calcium channels, which are tiny pores on the surface of heart muscle cells. They are essential for the heart to contract in response to electrical stimulation du...
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Investigating how bad cholesterol is removed from the bodyUniversity College London | Dr Emmanuel Boucrot
When the levels of LDL (‘bad cholesterol’) are raised in the blood, our chances of developing coronary heart disease increase. Statin drugs lower cholesterol in the body by blocking its production in the liver. However, in response to this ...
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Encouraging stem cells to turn into heart cellsUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
Professors Stefan Hoppler and Kevin Docherty are looking at how the heart and circulatory system develop in embryos. Understanding how this tissue develops in the early stages will help scientists to recreate heart cell development in the l...