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Working out how certain drugs affect the heart and blood vesselsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Keith L Brain
Dr Keith Brain from The University of Birmingham wants to develop a method to study how the ‘autonomic’ nerves that are important for controlling healthy heart and blood vessel function work in living animals. This has so far been difficult...
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Finding new ways to diagnose and treat myocarditisQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Supervised by BHF Professor Federica Marelli Berg, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is looking for new ways to diagnose and treat myocarditis, when the heart muscle becomes severely inflamed. It is difficult to diagnose myocarditi...
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Why do more people die from coronary heart disease in the winter?University College London | Professor Richard Morris
In the UK, millions of people are living with coronary heart disease (CHD) and older people die in winter from CHD more than any other time of year. We don’t know why cold weather affects heart disease, but haemostasis – the process that co...
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Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes rise to 46 minutes
Average ambulance response times for category 2 calls - which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes were 46 minutes in December in England, up from 39 minutes in November, latest NHS figures show.
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Heart failure research
Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with heart failure. BHF research has created treatments to give people with heart failure longer, healthier lives.
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Reprogramming the immune response to heart injuryUniversity of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury
After a heart attack, immune cells called monocytes rush into the heart from the spleen and become ‘switched on’ along the way. Normally, the immune response caused by monocytes is a positive effect that helps fight infections. But when thi...
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An app to reduce salt intake and hypertensionUniversity of Oxford | Professor Susan Jebb
Professor Susan A Jebb from the University of Oxford wants to help people reduce their salt intake and reduce their risk of high blood pressure. She and her team are doing this through a two-pronged approach. First, they will interview peop...
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Heart-stopping radio campaign raises awareness of plans to rewrite DNA to cure killer heart diseases
A series of radio ads were brought to an abrupt and heart-stopping halt by the sound of a flatlining heart monitor on August 1.
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Hospital cardiac waiting lists in Northern Ireland continue to rise
Hospital waiting times for potentially life saving heart care are continuing to rise, according to new figures.
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People with heart and circulatory conditions at higher risk of dying from flu
People with heart and circulatory conditions and those who are older should get the flu jab.