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A new heart disease plan for Scotland
We want to beat heartbreak caused by heart diseases in Scotland. To do this, we need to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of people who live with these conditions.
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8 ways to use social media to stay healthy
Eight top tips on how you can use social media to help you maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle
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Our experienced nurses are here to help answer your questions or concerns about heart and circulatory diseases.
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Investigating a protein involved in cardiomyopathyKing's College London | Dr Mark C Pfuhl
Dr Mark Pfuhl is studying heart muscle proteins that help the heart to beat properly and maintain its structure. He wants to work out what goes wrong with these proteins in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that affects h...
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High blood pressure during pregnancy - how our research is helping women like Becki
Becki developed high blood pressure during her pregnancy. Our research has helped her get her blood pressure under control and could also reduce her risk of having heart problems in future.
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Studying how a faulty gene causes the inherited bleeding disorder thrombocytopeniaUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Neil Morgan
Platelets are important cells in the blood that stick together and help your blood to clot when you cut yourself. Some people have an unexplained lack of platelets in their blood, in a disorder called thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia can ...
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Olympian Ellie Downie takes on London to Brighton Bike Ride
Former Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie is donning her Lycra once again to take on our iconic London to Brighton Bike Ride in memory of her brother who died from a sudden cardiac arrest. Ellie, a BHF ambassador and first-time cyclist, is now determined to raise awareness for heart conditions by supporting the us.
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Can a type of gene therapy technology help people with heart muscle disease?University of Oxford | Professor Matthew Wood
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disease – where loss of a protein called dystrophin leads to progressive muscle wasting, including degeneration of heart muscle. People with this disease die earlier. New treatments are need...
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A new signalling pathway involved in pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Leeds | Dr Marc Bailey
Supervised by Professor Chris Peers, a PhD student is investigating a new molecular mechanism involved in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and testing ways to prevent PAH developing. PAH is a life-threatening dis...
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How a remarkable fish could help us mend broken heartsUniversity of Oxford | Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg
Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are studying an unusual fish in the hope it may reveal clues to repairing heart muscle damaged by a heart attack. Astyanax mexicanus is an extraordinary species of fi...