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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.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of congenital heart disease, which means it’s something you’re born with. Learn more about transposition of the great arteries, including what it is, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, CCTGA and living with TGA.

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Thanks to the work of employees like Claire, Screwfix now has 925 registered defibrillators, ready to support employees, customers and communities.

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King's College London | Dr Steven Niederer

Data scientists are developing ways to identify people who are vulnerable to heart side-effects from certain medicines. With every heartbeat, electricity travels across the heart and activates its muscle cells to contract. The chemical sig...

A new clinical trial that we've funded could help improve the recovery of children who undergo life-saving heart surgery.

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University of Dundee | Professor Michael L J Ashford

Professor Michael Ashford is studying ways to prevent blood vessels becoming damaged in obesity and diabetes. The inner lining of blood vessels, the endothelium, is crucial to keep blood vessels healthy. Endothelial damage is strongly l...

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University College London | Professor Mark Peters

Professor Peters and his team want to develop new devices that help doctors and nurses deliver more effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to babies and children. When the heart stops in cardiac arrest, the brain is starved of ...

Summer is a great time to get your friends and family to the park and get active with outdoor fun and games. We present ten of the best activities to do in your local park

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University College London | Professor Nish Chaturvedi

Patients with diabetes have a higher chance of later having heart failure, dementia, heart attacks, or strokes compared with people who don’t have diabetes. The exact reasons for this are unknown. With an ageing population, diabetes is beco...