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  • RECIPE

    Brown rice, sage and onion stuffing

    Side dish, Serves: 4, Prep time: 15

    This delicious, heart-healthy twist on the classic sage and onion stuffing recipe is perfect for your Sunday roast or Christmas dinner.

  • RESEARCH

    How do blood vessel cells sense and respond to blood flow?

    Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White

    The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries is much more likely to occur in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. Changes in flow can cause the cells that line the blood vessel wall (endothelial cells) to detach....

  • RESEARCH

    Using PET-CT scans to predict heart attacks and study atherosclerosis

    University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby

    Heart attacks occur when a fatty plaque in a coronary artery ruptures, and a blood clot forms inside the artery. BHF Professor David Newby and his team in Edinburgh are pushing the boundaries of imaging technology so that we can see and und...

  • RESEARCH

    Going inside the heart to make pacemakers benefit more people with heart failure

    King's College London | Professor Reza Razavi

    Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) is a procedure that’s commonly used in patients with heart failure, which occurs when the heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it should. This happens most commonly when the heart mus...

  • RESEARCH

    Is the epicardium a good target for new drugs to encourage heart repair?

    University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

    Heart muscle cannot repair itself after injury, e.g. after a heart attack, so scientists are working to repair it using new heart muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and colleagues (University of Oxford and University College London) hav...

  • RESEARCH

    Could a ‘protein trap’ help to treat heart and circulatory disease?

    University of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle

    Professor Nicholas Brindle and his team at the University of Leicester are investigating an unusual new way to try and treat heart and circulatory disease. Angiopoietin 2, or Ang2, is a protein that is normally produced at very low leve...

  • RESEARCH

    Using sugar-coated proteins to trick the immune system in heart transplants

    King's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi

    The success of heart transplants in people with heart failure is limited because of late-stage organ rejection and the side effects of giving people immunosuppressive drugs. Scientists are therefore looking for ways to adapt the immune sys...

  • BHF pays tribute to Professor Tony Gershlick

    The British Heart Foundation has paid tribute to the life and work of Professor Tony Gershlick, who sadly died on Friday the 20th of November 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Professor Gershlick was considered a ‘leading light’ interventional cardiology – a field which involves using angiograms and stents to treat heart attacks and heart disease.

  • Maximising the impact of volunteering

    Volunteering has changed since the Covid-19 pandemic. Our volunteering report is about how we can maximise the value and benefits of volunteering. It includes recommendations for how the Government can support this.

  • Looking inside the heart

    Heart scans have come a long way, from echocardiography to CT scans and cardiac MRI. Discover how these technologies are helping patients.