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Our medical expert answers a question about the potential side effects of amiodarone, including overactive thyroid.

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University of Bristol | Dr Andrew F James

A team of researchers at the University of Bristol, headed by Dr Andrew James, are asking whether a new class of drugs could treat atrial fibrillation, or AF, the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm. AF causes palpitations and brea...

Professor Haworth, former BHF Chairholder and pioneer in treatment of children’s pulmonary arterial hypertension, has sadly died.

This table shows the number of patients waiting for heart tests and procedures in England.

Find out how exercise, support from her healthcare team and her dog Quin have helped Gini Dellow cope with AF and PoTS.

BHF-funded researchers have identified new genetic clues in people who’ve had small and ‘silent’ strokes that are difficult to treat and a major cause of vascular dementia.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker

BHF Professor Andrew Baker and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are studying the importance of non-coding RNAs in pulmonary hypertension, a condition where the pressure rises in the blood vessels in the lungs, which can ultimat...

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University of Oxford | Professor Keith Channon

The health of our heart and blood vessels depends upon cells in these tissues producing and responding to an abundance of chemical signals. One chemical factor, called tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), has important roles in heart and circulatory ...

Find out what wholegrain foods are and why they're essential to your health with BHF Senior Dietitian Tracy Parker.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale

Professor Richard Farndale is working out how to replace heart muscle tissue that has been irreversibly damaged, for instance, after a heart attack. Replacing this lost heart muscle could save many lives. In this project, Professor Farnd...