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Rachel Boothroyd was working as a successful lawyer in the city when she felt something was wrong with her body. "I thought heart disease was a risk I could manage – I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I watch what I eat. I thought I could stay on top of it, but heart disease came into my life as it does for so many people. It’s one of the biggest killers in the UK."

Today we announce that our chief executive, Simon Gillespie, will be retiring from the charity at the end of December after almost seven years.

Our researchers find that obesity and a diet high in fat could lead to a harmful activation of the immune system and increase a person's risk of heart attack.

RESEARCH

University of Oxford | Professor Stefan Neubauer

Every cell in our body needs energy to work. A molecule called creatine helps to store and transfer the energy that heart muscle cells need to contract, and is controlled by an enzyme called creatine kinase. Scientists believe that increasi...

BHF’s Senior Cardiac Nurse explains how to choose the best heart rate monitor and how accurate they are.

When one hundred brand new designer wedding dresses were generously donated our shop in Sidcup, the team were ‘completely shocked’. The dresses were donated by Adrian Chapman, age 56, who donated them to the BHF, in memory of his friend and business partner.

16,000 cyclists took part in Europe’s oldest charity bike ride and this year’s event saw the first ever beach-front proposal

We've joined forces with the family of Miles Frost, who died age 31 of an undiagnosed heart condition. The Miles Frost Fund will help to fund a genetic test for families at risk of the inherited condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

This Christmas, we’re selling a selection of preloved items from none other than Hollywood favourite, Michael Sheen.