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Genetic link between height and heart disease
Researchers that we part-funded at the University of Leicester, led by BHF Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, have found a genetic link between a person's height and their risk of coronary heart disease.
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Drug could be repurposed to help heart attack patients
Drugs currently undergoing development to treat anaemia could be repurposed to help prevent people with Type 2 diabetes from developing heart failure, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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Heart care waiting list continues to rise
Heart care waiting lists in England rose again, new figures show.
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BHF gender and ethnicity pay gap report
British Heart Foundation analysis shows it has no gender and ethnicity pay gaps
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Genes responsible for high blood pressure discovered in the human kidney
Research that was part-funded by the British Heart Foundation has led to the discovery of 179 kidney genes responsible for high blood pressure. Scientists who led the study say that this sheds new light on our understanding of genes associated with the condition.
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Do diseased hearts ‘deform’ in a different way to normal hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Vicente Grau
So the heart can pump blood and oxygen around the body effectively, its four chambers need to ‘deform’ and change shape. But when the heart muscle is damaged, such as after a heart attack, this process does not work and the heart does not p...
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The Whitehall II study – can controlling heart disease risk factors result in healthy aging?University College London | Professor Eric Brunner
Since 1985, the Whitehall II study has followed the health and wellbeing of over 10,000 civil service workers. Part-funded by the BHF, it has shaped our understanding of the social causes of heart disease, including revealing that people in...
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Lake District Ultra Challenge
Date
6 - 7 June 2026
Location
Kendal, Lake District
Walk or run through England’s finest countryside for the Lake District Challenge
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Understanding how faulty ion channels cause abnormal electrical activity in the heartUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat caused by disorganized electrical signals in the heart. Arrhythmias can be fatal and they are a major cause of sudden cardiac death. The production and flow of electricity through the heart muscl...
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The development of a new transcatheter prosthetic mitral valveUniversity College London | Professor Gaetano Burriesci
Dr Gaetano Burriesci and colleagues at University College London have been awarded £180,000 to design and test a new artificial valve for heart patients. Their aim is to develop a prosthetic mitral valve (one of the main heart valves that c...