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The UPBEAT trial: can improving the lifestyle of obese pregnant women reduce the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease in the child?King's College London | Professor Lucilla Poston
We know that maintaining a healthy weight increases the chances of a healthy pregnancy. However, obesity in pregnancy is common in recent years and can have health consequences for both mothers and babies, including conditions like gestatio...
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Pinpointing the links between air pollution and heart damageUniversity of Manchester | Dr Holly Shiels
Short exposures to air pollution can trigger heart attacks, strokes and irregular heart rhythms, especially in people already at risk of these conditions. Evidence suggests a link between a group of air pollutants called polycyclic aromatic...
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How is Bam32 regulated in platelets and does it contribute to platelet function and thrombosis?University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers
Thrombosis is a serious condition that can develop when a blood vessel becomes damaged and small blood cells called platelets stick to the damaged area, forming a clot. If the clot breaks away from the vessel wall, it can block an artery le...
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Four million euros of European funding to tackle heart and circulatory diseases
Our new partnership with the Dutch Heart Foundation and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) will fund leading researchers from the UK, Netherlands and Germany to collaborate on projects to improve the diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases.
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New microscope techniques to identify signalling compartments in the heartImperial College London | Professor Julia Gorelik
Dr Julia Gorelik from Imperial College London is studying the mechanisms that control contraction of the heart in health and in heart failure. These include proteins that regulate molecules called cAMP and cGMP which cause heart cells to co...
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Architecture of the heart different between women and men and with age
Differences in the heart’s structure could explain why men and women have different risk of heart conditions
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The stress hormone cortisol and recovery after heart surgeryUniversity of Bristol | Professor Gianni D Angelini
Heart surgery causes inflammation throughout the whole body, and inflammation is often the reason people stay in intensive care for a long time or even die after surgery. One of the ways the body defends itself against uncontrolled inflamma...
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What is calcification of the arteries, and how is it treated?
Professor Catherine Shanahan (PhD) explains what coronary artery calcification means, how it’s tested, what your score means and what treatment involves.
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UK and EU research leaders urge Brexit negotiators to compromise on Horizon Europe agreement
Over 100 organisations and individuals representing the research community across the UK and Europe have set out how negotiators could secure an agreement on UK participation in the EU’s major research framework programme.
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Studying the eye to improve detection of small vessel disease in the brainUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...