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Making ‘virtual’ hearts to personalise treatment for abnormal heart rhythms.King's College London | Dr Martin Bishop
Our bodies and hearts are all unique, and treatments and procedures that work for one person may not be right for another. Many researchers are trying to develop new ways to understand this variation between individuals to allow them to pro...
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Can we use oxygen MRI scans to improve heart attack care?University of Glasgow | Dr William Holmes
A heart attack happens when one or more coronary arteries become blocked, stopping blood flow to the heart muscle. The extent of the damage to the heart affects how well patients will respond to treatment. For example, angioplasty reinstate...
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Encouraging people to eat healthier foods using a virtual supermarketUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
Eating healthily helps protect against heart and circulatory disease, but currently, people in the UK are not meeting dietary recommendations. We know food prices help people choose which foods to buy, and some countries tax unhealthy foods...
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Can wall squats and planks lower your blood pressure?
Staying active can keep your blood pressure under control, but are wall squats and planks really your best bet? We go behind the headlines.
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Making sure pacemakers deliver the maximum benefit for heart failure patientsImperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis
Heart failure is a condition where the heart becomes less effective at pumping blood. In some people who have heart failure, the left and right sides of the heart don’t beat in time with each other. This condition – called ‘desynchronicity’...
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Car Free Day will return to London
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that a central London Car Free Day event will return on Sunday 20 September as part of his bold plans to tackle London’s toxic air.
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Does heart muscle scarring lead to heart failure in kidney disease?University of Birmingham | Dr Nicola Edwards
Dr Nicola Edwards and her colleagues at the University of Birmingham are studying the link between heart disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), a common condition that affects one in seven adults. Many people with CKD develop left ve...
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Hundreds run for regenerative medicine research at the 2022 TCS London Marathon
As the Charity of the Year for the 2022 TCS London Marathon, BHF runners have raised millions for lifesaving science.
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The gender-specific roles of macrophages in pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Allan Lawrie
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an uncommon but fatal condition where the blood pressure in the lungs is too high. The disease is driven by a progressive thickening of the blood vessels in the lung. As part of the disease process, ...
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Reaching WHO guideline limits for air pollution could add £1.6bn to UK economy
Adopting WHO guideline limits on air pollution could boost the UK economy significantly every year.