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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.

Professor Enoch Akowuah explains how wider use of robotic surgery and alternatives to open heart surgery will boost care for people who need their heart valves repaired or replaced.

Discover what the future of medicine might bring, and how our research could help people with heart and circulatory conditions.

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University 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...

A British Heart Foundation-funded researcher has discussed how her own heart conditions and subsequent stroke have affected her and inspired the life-changing research that she leads

Following Volunteers Week (1-7 June), we have outlined the changes needed to help maximise the benefits of volunteering across the sector. Among our calls, we recommend that third sector organisations develop systems to allow volunteers to move easily between charitable organisations, supported by a recommitment from Government to improve the collection of sector data around volunteering and participation.

Get tips from three psychologists on how to feel less anxious about your health issues.

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

A heart attack can cause irreparable damage making the heart less able to pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure and it affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. In 2011 BHF Professor Paul Riley and his colleag...

Professor Catherine Shanahan (PhD) explains what coronary artery calcification means, how it’s tested, what your score means and what treatment involves.

We are the biggest non-commercial funder of research into cardiovascular research in the UK, funding life-saving research that has improved the lives of millions of people.