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A group of ten of BHF colleagues have completed a 1220 mile challenge taking them virtually from London to Lithuania in a bid to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. To mark the momentous last mile of their challenge they were joined by staff and supporters from the Lithuanian Heart Association.

RESEARCH

University of Glasgow | Professor Gwyn Gould

Heart failure is more common in people with diabetes - but we do not fully understand why. One challenge is that it's hard to reproduce the conditions found in the diabetic heart in the laboratory, so there is a lack of experimental tools t...

RESEARCH

University of Edinburgh | Dr Matthew Reed

Around 300,000 people in the UK attend hospital emergency departments each year with palpitations, which are irregular heartbeats, and presyncope, a sudden feeling that you are about to lose consciousness. In some patients, these symptoms c...

The REM-HF study tested whether information recorded by devices implanted in the chest could be used to help improve the care of people with heart failure.

EVENT

Date

30 May 2027

Location

Edinburgh

This popular running festival has a distance for all with a Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and Team Relay going through Edinburgh city centre to Musselburgh

RESEARCH

St George's, University of London | Dr Daniel Meijles

Research suggests that a class of cancer medicines called Raf inhibitors can affect cell-protective mechanisms in the heart. This project will determine whether these drugs could have a detrimental effect in people with heart and circulator...

You don't have to be an expert to enjoy a sport. With plenty of free taster sessions during the summer months, now's the time to get involved.

BHF cardiac nurse Ruth Goss explains when to worry about heart palpitations and how to avoid them.

Thanks to 60 years of public support, we’ve become a global leader in funding heart and circulatory disease research, which has helped to improve and save millions of lives. But as the world responds to a pandemic on a scale unseen for a century, we’re having to work harder than ever to protect our life saving work while playing our part in fighting coronavirus (Covid-19).

Vivinne charts her weight loss journey.