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  • Pacemaker study to help heart patients avoid hospital

    New research that we're funding at The University of Manchester has the potential to help patients stay out of hospital. By monitoring data collected by pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), researchers hope to use patients' activity levels to predict when they might be becoming ill, and intervene before a hospital stay becomes necessary.

  • The CVD Challenge in Northern Ireland

    Find out how together we can address high-risk conditions for CVD in Northern Ireland to save lives and reduce NHS pressures.

  • Threshold Sports joins forces with the BHF

    Threshold Sports, a Brighton-based sports event agency who help deliver world-class events, have joined forces with us to elevate our London to Brighton Bike Ride, which has been running for almost half a century. Founded in 2009, Threshold Sports deliver bespoke engagement and fundraising events for some of the world’s most respected charities. The agency will be working with us on the strategy and delivery of our flagship event, the London to Brighton Bike Ride. On track for its 47th year in 2024, our iconic cycling event has seen hundreds of thousands of cyclists take on the infamous route from Clapham Common through to Brighton seafront.

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding the mechanism of cell growth that leads to thickening of blood vessels

    University of Cambridge | Dr Helle F Jorgensen

    Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are part of the blood vessels wall. When they multiply more than they should, it leads to a thickening in the blood vessel . This occurs during atherosclerosis where fatty materials builds up in the lini...

  • I thought everything was going to stop

    Gemma speaks to the stars of ITV2's Big Reunion about living with her heart condition.

  • PUBLICATION

    Heart Matters magazine Spring 2025

    Heart Matters Magazine, 44 pages, published on 29/03/2025

    Published four times a year, this magazine is for heart patients, their friends and families and people interested in their heart health. Join for free and change your life now.

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  • RESEARCH

    How an imbalance between nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species contributes to heart disease

    University of Oxford | Dr Mark Crabtree

    Maintaining the right balance in the body of beneficial chemicals called nitric oxide (NO) and damaging chemicals called reactive oxygen species (ROS) is essential for our heart and circulatory system to work correctly. In some diseases suc...

  • Vascular dementia: your questions answered

    From the stages of vascular dementia to prognosis and life expectancy, we answer common questions about vascular dementia.

  • Fats explained: saturated, unsaturated and trans fats

    BHF Senior Dietitian, Dell Standford, explains how much fat you should eat, the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats, and which fatty foods and oils are healthy.

  • Let’s stub out smoking for the next generation

    We urge every MP to back the Tobacco and Vapes Bill as it is introduced to Parliament