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Office workers fear sitting too long could be impacting their health
Almost half of women (45%) and almost two fifths of men (37%) working in UK offices spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, according to new statistics released ahead of the first On Your Feet Britain campaign to get office workers moving more.
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Understanding the ‘alter egos’ of BH4, towards new treatments for heart diseaseUniversity 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 ...
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Using stem cells to better understand beta receptors in heart cellsImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
A research team led by Professor Sian Harding at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London has been awarded BHF funding of over £1 million to study heart cells in detail. This funding over three years will build on a pr...
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Understanding how platelets are switched on to help improve anti-clotting treatmentsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Stuart Mundell
Heart attacks occur when blood flow is blocked, usually by a blood clot developing in the blood vessels of the heart. Platelets are the major cells involved in the formation of blood clots and can be ‘switched on’ by substances inside the b...
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Can we predict if atrial fibrillation will respond to certain ablation treatments?Imperial College London | Dr Nick Linton
Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow Dr Nick Linton is working out ways to detect people with continuous atrial fibrillation who respond well to ablation treatment. Trained in both cardiology and engineering, he wants to apply engineering ...
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Why do we like salt so much, and how does it cause high blood pressure?University of Edinburgh | Professor Matthew Bailey
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory disease and it affects millions of people in the UK. Having too much salt in our diet can lead to high blood pressure, so it’s important that we try to limit our int...
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Stop smoking
Stop smoking and reap the financial and health benefits for years to come, as our three ex-smokers have found. Read more.
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'Worst start to a decade for heart health for 50 years' warning as we launch new strategy
The UK’s heart health has declined more quickly at the start of the 2020s than in any other decade for over 50 years, we've warned as we launch our new strategy.
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Progressive cardiac conduction defect (PCCD)
Find out more about Progressive cardiac conduction defect (PCCD), including causes, symptoms, how PCCD is diagnosed, how PCCD can affect your life and what treatments are available. We also have resources to download.
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“As a doctor, I understand my patients better because of my own heart problems”
A heart transplant in her twenties saved Sanjana Kochhar’s life. Now a busy GP in her thirties, she shares how it has helped her as a doctor.