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Government agency review shows statins are effective and safe
Statins are effective and safe according to government agency review.
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Patient and Public Panel
The BHF is entirely publicly-funded and patients are at the heart of everything we do. The Patient and Public Panel - including people from around the world - will assess applications based on how transformational they are and whether they demonstrate clear patient relevance.
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Leading charities and health organisations urge people to register their defibrillators on new database to help save lives
Life saving public access defibrillators used in less than one in ten cardiac arrests as tens of thousands remain unregistered.
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RESEARCH
Iron and the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Samira Lakhal Littleton
Previous research has shown that manipulating iron levels in the heart could help to treat heart disease. But to manipulate iron in the heart, we first need to understand how iron levels are regulated. Hepcidin is a hormone made in the live...
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BHF supports global coalition to beat heart and circulatory disease
Through our membership of the European Heart Network we’re pledging to play a leading role in a global coalition to reduce the death and suffering caused by heart and circulatory disease worldwide.
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RESEARCH
Obesity and heart failure: explaining the obesity paradoxUniversity of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Although obesity increases the chance of developing heart failure, when patients have heart failure they may live longer if they are obese. This unexpected finding is termed the 'obesity paradox' and the reasons behind it are currently unkn...
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RESEARCH
The media and statinsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Krishnan Bhaskaran
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team are studying whether media interest in statin side effects caused fewer patients to start taking statins, or stop taking them. Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart at...
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BHF Professor Kinya Otsu to take up leadership of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan
We are pleased to announce that BHF Professor Kinya Otsu has been appointed as President of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan.
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BHF joins landmark commission on health and prosperity
Our chief executive joins a major new commission which looks to better understand the connections between health and wealth.
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Labour pledges to significantly reduce deaths from heart attack and stroke
The Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has today announced an ambition to reduce deaths from heart attack and stroke by 25 per cent over the next decade if his party is elected to Government.