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We explore the legacy of our programme across five sites funded to deliver care and support planning via the House of Care approach.

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King's College London | Professor Metin Avkiran

Some patients suffering from heart failure are affected by a malfunctioning in the system which tells the heart how hard to pump. The heart can become over-sensitive to the signals which tell it to beat, meaning the heart pumps too hard, to...

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University College London | Professor Peter Scambler

Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack, and there are a significant number of heart attacks in the UK each year. Heart attacks are caused by blockages to the blood vessels that supply the heart – the coronary a...

British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI) and the Donate4Dáithí campaign have urged the Stormont Health Committee not to lose momentum in the plans to change organ donation legislation.

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Get the recipe for this decadent creamy, fruity treat to top off your meal.

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Dessert, Serves: 16, Prep time: 25

Try our indulgent yet heart-healthy chocolate, strawberry and beetroot cake - perfect for parties and bake sales!

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker

Professor Andrew Tinker and his team at Queen Mary University of London are investigating proteins on the cell surface called ATP-sensitive potassium channels to find out their role in heart and circulatory disease. As well as letting p...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia

In heart failure, the heart cannot pump blood around the body as well as it used to and people become extremely tired and short of breath. Heart failure usually occurs after the heart muscle becomes damaged from a heart attack and, in sever...

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University of Oxford | Professor Vanessa Ferreira

Cancer survivors are at increased risk of dying from heart disease because chemotherapy and radiotherapy (which kill cancer cells) can also damage heart cells. Damage to the heart may not become apparent until years after treatment, at whic...

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University of Leicester | Dr Jonathon Willets

Dr John Willets and Professor John Challiss from the University of Leicester have been awarded a 2-year grant to study the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC’s), which form an important part of the structure and function of the...