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Lee Pearman was just 33 when he had angioplasty surgery. He explains why it was a wake-up call and how it made him realise what's important in life.

Read the latest news about our life-saving research and find out what we think about the heart health news that's making the headlines.

We take a look at key developments in the Health and Care Bill as it makes its way through Parliament.

Glenn Hoddle has announced his plans to work with the BHF following his cardiac arrest last October. In an interview with the Sun, Glenn discussed his cardiac arrest publically for the first time and used the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of CPR and defibrillation.

A new £2.7m clinical trial led from the University of Leicester aims to identify the best time to operate on people living with the debilitating heart condition aortic stenosis.

Downloadable resources to help engage your colleagues to register your defibrillators on The Circuit.

New figures show that the number of Year 6 children living with obesity in England has jumped up for the first time in four years. Today we are calling for urgent action to reduce childhood obesity rates.

Obesity poses a grave threat to our national health and wealth. As one in four adults lives with obesity we know that millions of people are at increased risk of heart and circulatory diseases right now, and that comes with an estimated annual cost to the economy of £58bn.

RESEARCH

University of Dundee | Dr Niall Fraser

The heart is an adaptable organ, having in-built reversible mechanisms that enable it to meet the needs of the body. One of these mechanisms involves changing the chemical composition of some of its existing proteins – which is a much quick...

New fellowships designed to promote the value of equality, diversity and inclusion in science and give research leaders of the future better flexibility in their careers have been awarded at the University of Leeds, thanks to an historical endowment established in partnership with the BHF.