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Could drugs like Viagra help to treat people with heart failure?University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Supervised by Professor Andrew Trafford, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is investigating new ways to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle has become damaged, often after a heart attack or long term ...
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Gentle jogging can help prevent heart attacks and strokes
Study shows running ten minutes a day can cut your risk of dying from CVD.
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The role of a molecule called TNF in tissue swellingQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Sussan Nourshargh
Professor Sussan Nourshargh and colleagues at the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary, University of London, have been awarded a grant to understand the role of a molecule called tumour necrosis factor (TNF) in rapid tissue swel...
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Understanding how the outer surfaces of cells keep blood vessels healthyMedical Research Council | Dr Benjamin Nichols
Blood vessels are made from special cells called endothelial cells. These cells have many small folds in the outer surface, called ‘caveolae’ (which means ‘little caves’ in Latin). Although there are many caveolae in endothelial cells, we d...
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Looking for new ways to treat high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, but many people with high blood pressure are not receiving treatment for it. Understanding how high blood pressure develops may reveal new ways to treat it and reduce people’s risk of ...
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Asedau cyfrif sefydliad – The Circuit
Gallwch lawrlwytho'r adnoddau hyn i helpu i annog eich cydweithwyr i gofrestru'ch diffíbs ar The Circuit.
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Pumping out sodium to restore heart function in heart failureKing's College London | Professor Michael Shattock
To work normally, heart muscle cells need to turn precise electrical impulses from nerves into the contracting motion of the heartbeat. During the heartbeat, each muscle cell releases a minutely timed burst of charged molecules to instruct ...
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Identifying ways to predict a person’s risk of cardiovascular diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Dr Aroon D Hingorani
A BHF-funded consortium bringing together top researchers from University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Bristol is analysing blood samples for a huge range of ...
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Finding ways to repair damaged blood vessels in diabetesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
People with diabetes are at increased risk of heart attacks and strokes because of damaged blood vessels. This is in part because diabetes interferes with the body's repair of blood vessels, which may be because of the reduced action of a p...
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How can we encourage men to use physical activity interventions?University of Bristol | Professor Russell Jago
We know that physical exercise helps to reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease in both adults and children, by helping to control risk factors for the disease – weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. However, despite these health...