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Dr John Downey shares why motivation matters for heart health, how winter impacts it, and tips like goal-setting, tracking, and having a plan B.

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University of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens

Coronary heart disease claims thousands of lives each year in the UK. The coronary arteries of people with the disease have been damaged by the build-up of ‘fatty plaques’ in the vessel wall, which can eventually rupture to cause a blood cl...

Angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) are medicines used to treat high blood pressure, a heart attack, heart failure and kidney disease. Find out how they work, types of ARB medicines and potential side effects.

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University of Southampton | Dr Hugh Gallagher

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, particularly in the elderly. In some cases, it can advance into life-threatening kidney problems. But the greatest health threat to most people with CKD is that it significantly increases their risk o...

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University of Oxford | Dr Andrew Lewis

Immunocardiology is an area of research looking at immune cells in the heart. A group of immune cells called macrophages are thought to be particularly important, but there is currently no method for non-invasively measuring these cells in ...

Research funded by us at Keele University could help doctors better identify the warning signs of a heart attack or stroke in patients with chest pain.

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University of Cambridge | Dr Antony Jackson

On the surface of each heart muscle cell are tiny pores, or ion channels. These open and close to let sodium, calcium and potassium ions flow in and out of the cells, and generate the electrical signal that causes the heart to contract and ...

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Imperial College London | Professor James Moore

Professor James Moore is supervising a PhD student looking at the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries. Most fatty deposits (called plaques) have inflammation as a hallmark, and all inflammati...