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It's not always easy to spot sugar on ingredients lists, because it can come under lots of different names. Our infographic shows 50 names for sugar

What's your heart age? Find out with this calculator from NHS Choices and the British Heart Foundation

The BHF reacts to the Government's new healthy food standard

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a rare condition where the heart’s structure can become weak. Learn about the causes, treatments and complications.

A Doppler test is a quick and painless way to detect blood flow. Professor Charles McCollum gives Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily McGrath the low-down.

BHF funded researchers researchers at the University of Oxford think they have solved the mystery of why people with diabetes have a sustained increase in their risk of having a heart attack, even when their blood sugar levels return to normal. They found that high blood sugar ‘reprogrammes’ stem cells, making the white blood cells that develop from them more inflammatory. This makes atherosclerosis (fatty plaques in the arteries) worse – atherosclerosis is a leading cause of heart attacks.

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) suppress stomach acid and are often prescribed to heart patients. We hear why from Professor Pali Hungin.

A breakthrough in our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has revealed changes to blood vessels in the brain, potentially presenting a path for developing new drugs to help fight the disease, according to research we funded and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Swimming is a great way to get fit and build strength. Lifelong swimmer Ivor Pope tells Rachael Healy about the benefits.

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