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University of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller

Dr William Fuller and colleagues at the University of Dundee are studying new ways to protect heart muscle tissue from injury after a heart attack. When blood vessels become blocked, such as during a heart attack, the amount of oxygen d...

Throughout April we will be speaking to some of our inspirational volunteers who have dedicated their time to the fight for every heartbeat - we start with Luke Cameron, Nicest Man in Britain.

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Imperial College London | Dr Pettahandige de Silva

Dr Pettahandige de Silva and his colleagues at Imperial College London are looking for ways to detect which fatty build-ups in arteries supplying the heart are likely to cause heart attacks. Dr de Silva has developed a technique to enco...

A French study, published in The BMJ, that followed almost 7,500 healthy people over 65 suggests that statins reduce stroke risk in this population by 30 per cent. We comment on the findings here.

Learn more about how weight-loss injections like Mounjaro and Wegovy work, their potential side effects and how to access them on the NHS.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Brian R Walker

Chest pain and heart attacks occur when heart muscle is starved of oxygen as a result of coronary heart disease. The condition develops when arteries to the heart become narrow because of fatty build-up in the artery walls. Many factors inc...

We throw away 7 million tonnes of food and drink from our homes every year, much of which could have been eaten. Here are our top tips for reducing food waste.

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Anoop Shah

Doctors have a number of tests they can use to help predict a person’s risk of developing heart and circulatory disease in the future. Although they are reasonably accurate, sometimes they over-estimate the risk. A new and very sensitive...

Find out how to eat healthily when you’re short on time, from easy meals with only 4 ingredients to 5-minute recipes.

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University of Leeds | Dr Marc Bailey

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a condition in which the main artery in the body balloons and eventually ruptures. There may be no warning that an aorta is about to rupture. A ruptured AAA is often fatal and the only treatment for a ball...