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Women and heart attacks
Find out more about women's heart attack symptoms and the relationship between menopause and heart attacks.
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British Heart Foundation supports Textiles Action Week
We are appealing to retailers and textiles brands to make sustainable choices and donate surplus stock to help raise funds for life saving research, as WRAP launches Textiles Action Week.
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Stroke - causes, signs and symptoms
A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off, causing your brain cells to become damaged or die. Find out more about stroke and heart and circulatory disease.
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Women less likely to receive treatment for deadly heart condition
Women, Black and South Asian people, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
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RESEARCH
Identifying the molecules needed to make new mitochondriaUniversity College London | Professor Shamshad Cockcroft
Supervised by Professor Shamshad Cockroft, a PhD student is investigating how we keep the mitochondria inside heart cells working properly, so they can provide the energy the heart needs to beat. A molecule called cardiolipin is essential ...
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Can telling the body to clear inflammation prevent atherosclerosis?University of Aberdeen | Dr Dawn Thompson
The development of ‘fatty plaques’ in the blood vessels involves chronic inflammation. Some research efforts to treat plaques or prevent them growing are focusing on this inflammation. However, treatments that dampen down inflammation run ...
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Coarctation of the aorta
Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart disease where part of your aorta is narrower than it should be. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for coarctation of the aorta.
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Searching for cells and molecules to repair heart tissueImperial College London | Dr Michela Noseda
Dr Michela Noseda and her team at Imperial College London are investigating ways to boost the heart’s capacity to repair itself after a heart attack. Damage to the heart currently cannot be reversed because heart cells cannot efficiently re...
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Newcastle University scientists are killing zombie cells to reverse age-related damage in the heart
BHF-funded research published from Newcastle University today shows that killing 'zombie cells' in the heart could reverse damage caused by ageing.
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Hospital waiting lists for crucial heart care continue to rise
Hospital waiting lists for potentially life saving heart care continue to rise each month, according to latest NHS England figures.