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When your parent has a heart condition
Katherine Woods speaks to Robert, Eleanor and Chris about how they have dealt with their mother's diagnosis - as well as the unexpected positive effect it's had on family life.
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Eat a heart-healthy diet
Regularly including foods like fish, vegetables and bananas in your diet can help to keep your weight down, and your cholesterol and blood pressure healthy.
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Wegovy: what to know about the weight-loss injection
Find out how the weight-loss medication semaglutide (better known as Wegovy) works, how effective it is, the side effects, and how to get it on the NHS.
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Extra £5.4bn to help NHS tackle backlog of care – but more is needed
The NHS in England will receive an extra £5.4billion over the next six months to help recover from Covid-19 and tackle long waiting lists, including for vital heart care. We are calling on the Treasury to commit to a clear recovery plan for cardiovascular care alongside a commitment to long-term investment in the NHS in the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
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RESEARCH
Tackling reperfusion injury - a side effect of heart attack treatmentNewcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
In the UK the standard treatment for heart attacks is angioplasty - a procedure to quickly open the blocked coronary artery. This has played a part in vastly improving the survival of patients who experience a heart attack. However, the abr...
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Why might I not be able to have an MRI scan?
Our resident GP explains why an MRI scan can affect a pacemaker, and what to do if you have a pacemaker but need an MRI scan.
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Developing a realistic computer model of abnormal heart rhythmsImperial College London | Dr Emmanuel Dupont
Dr Emmanuel Dupont and his team at Imperial College London are testing a new computer simulation, which would allow researchers to study abnormal heart rhythms. To beat regularly, the heart contracts in response to complex electrical ci...
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Why are serious heart attacks more likely on a Monday?
Find out why Monday is the most common day of the week to be admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart attack.
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Building 3-D blood vessels to study blood clottingKeele University | Professor Ying Yang
In this PhD studentship the researchers will grow human blood vessels in the laboratory from cells taken from human donors. They propose that the 3-D engineered blood vessels can be used to study the process of blood clotting. Platelets are...
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Roger Black MBE puts his name to life saving research
Olympic silver medallist and World Champion, Roger Black MBE, has joined the fight for every heartbeat by becoming a British Heart Foundation ambassador for research.