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A new American study has found that, when used in very close proximity to the body, everyday household appliances and electrical tools can interfere with a pacemaker’s ability to regulate heartbeats.

Chemotherapy can be used to cure cancer, to relieve its symptoms or to reduce the risk of cancer re-occurring, but in high doses it can damage the heart.

The Big Beat Challenge is a global competition that will culminate in a single research award of up to £30 million. The BHF challenged researchers to form international, multi-disciplinary teams and identify and propose transformative solutions to significant problems in heart and circulatory diseases, with a clear route to patient benefit.

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University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart

Damage to the lining of a blood vessel can lead to the accumulation of a fatty plaque (atherosclerosis) and also allows immune cells to infiltrate the vessel wall. These immune cells destroy the muscle and elastic layers of the blood vessel...

The rise of 'fast homeware' has led to one in six people changing their decor every year and millions of usable items ending up in landfill.

Cara Trivett studies a gene which can increase your heart size. Find out what a day in the lab looks like for her.

Our new partnership with the Francis Crick Institute aims to improve understanding of cardiovascular health and disease.

Heart patients who experienced feelings of hopelessness had an increased risk of dying or suffering a heart attack, according to new research funded by us and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani

It is becoming increasingly clear that the environment we are exposed to whilst in our mother’s womb also affects our chances of developing heart problems later in life. An inadequate supply of oxygen (hypoxia) in the womb, problems with th...

Roger Fox, who has heart failure, writes frankly about how his sex life has been affected.