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Deciphering the roles of BMP9 and BMP10 in heart and lung health and diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell
Pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, is a serious condition where the small arteries inside the lungs become narrow. This puts a strain on the heart, which has to pump harder to force the blood supply through these narrowed lung vessels...
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The brain-heart connection in health and diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Alexander Gourine
BHF-funded researchers at University College London are studying the connection between our brain and heart, and how activity through this connection declines in heart disease. Specialised nerves connect our brain to our heart. These nerve...
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Tracking the links between cardiovascular health and dementiaUniversity College London | Professor Alun Hughes
The number of people affected by dementia has increased dramatically in recent years. Heart and circulatory diseases are known to be associated with dementia, but the processes underlying this link are poorly understood. It is suspected tha...
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Christmas Fundraising Ideas
You can help heal hearts this Christmas by taking part in a BHF festive fundraisers. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the BHF needs the public’s support more than ever to enable it to continue our life saving research and provide vital support to the 7.4 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases.
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A study of kidney donors to understand the link between kidney disease and heart diseaseUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend
Dr Jonathan Townend’s team from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is researching the link between kidney disease and the development of heart disease. Changes in the kidney as a result of disease are thought to affect the heart and cir...
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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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Statins link to better heart structure and function
Statins are associated with improved heart structure and function, according to research presented at the EuroCMR conference in Prague.
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Stopping life-threatening problems in people with Marfan syndrome
Some people with Marfan syndrome have weak blood vessels which are at risk of bursting. This can be fatal. We’ve been funding research to stop this.
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Exercising as an older adult, the safe and enjoyable way
Why it pays to keep active as you age – and how best to do it.
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Halting the build-up of plaques in our arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokesUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans
Heart attacks and strokes happen when areas of fatty build-up within our arteries, known as plaques, rupture. As blood flows through our circulatory system, it creates friction on the wall of the blood vessels which can be sensed by the cel...