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We have today responded to a plan from NHS England and Government to help urgent and emergency healthcare services recover from pandemic disruption.

RESEARCH

University of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale

Collagen is a structural protein of the blood vessel wall, which is normally concealed beneath the cells that line the blood vessel inner walls. When the blood vessel becomes injured, collagen is exposed and attracts cells called platelets ...

Stroke research has been boosted by a half a million-pound investment in data-driven approaches to tackle the condition, which strikes one person every five minutes in the UK.

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Date

1-2 May 2027

Location

Isle of Wight

Take on the Isle of Wight Challenge and walk to raise fund for our life saving research.

A protein involved in the development of blood vessels in the womb could provide a promising target for new drugs to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), according to research funded by us published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

There are 206 bones in the human body – ranging in size from the tiniest, found in your ear, to the largest, in your thigh. We have just one heart – roughly the size of your fist – in our chest and continuously pumping about eight pints of blood. 206 bones and only one heart. But how are the two connected? Does the quality of your bones affect your heart?

Discover 25 herbs and spices that are wonderful alternatives to salt and sugar. Take your cooking to a new level while keeping your heart healthy.

How much you can exercise is determined by messages sent between your heart and brain. Jenny Mitchell explains.

The BHF has responded to the Government's Spring Budget.

RESEARCH

University of Glasgow | Professor Jesse Dawson

Stroke causes more than 41,000 deaths in the UK each year. There are around 152,000 strokes in the UK each year and nearly 1.2 million people living in the UK have had a stroke. These people are at high risk of another stroke, and also of a...