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New research we funded indicates the important role nitrates play in cardiovascular health

A drug used to treat people living with Type 2 diabetes could also help improve their heart function, according to research we've funded at the University of Leeds and presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.

Your mental health can affect your heart health, and vice versa. Our research is helping to understand why, and test new treatments for people with heart and circulatory diseases.

New artificial intelligence technology to scan for heightened blood vessel inflammation can calculate a person’s risk of death from Covid-19 and Covid-19 variants. The technology could be used to tailor their treatment and give them the best chance of recovery according to new research we've funded and presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.

We want to encourage truly person-centred care for people with heart and circulatory conditions, so we've supported the NHS to adopt 'care and support planning' – a new way of delivering care.

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.

Find out how James Hall got back to the job he loves after he had a stroke and became partially sighted overnight.

A new 10-minute scan could enable the detection and cure of the most common cause of high blood pressure, according to research we fund at Queen Mary University of London and published in Nature Medicine.

Our interactive map shows the cities and institutions where we are directly funding research.

Our research has increased the survival and quality of life of people leaving with pulmonary hypertension.