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Coping with change
Going through change can be unsettling, especially when it is caused by a heart condition. Read how Trevor Munkenbeck coped with life after a heart attack
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BHF joins calls for Prime Minister to forge ahead with online junk food ad restrictions
We and 96 other health organisations, campaigners and experts have signed a letter calling for the Prime Minister to push ahead with plans to end online junk food advertising.
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RESEARCH
Can a new drug combination protect the heart from injury?University of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione
Open-heart surgery typically requires stopping the heart for one to two hours while blood is instead pumped around the body using a heart-lung machine. Despite many advances, stopping the heart can still lead to heart damage which can cause...
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Uromodulin – a good target for high blood pressure?University of Glasgow | Professor Sandosh Padmanabhan
In the UK, around a third of all adults have high blood pressure, putting them at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease, and people with kidney problems often develop high blood pressure and heart disease such as heart failure, strok...
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Bournemouth Pier to Pier event cancelled due to weather
The British Heart Foundation is sad to announce that due to unsafe swimming conditions, we have made the difficult decision to postpone this Saturday’s Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim (5th July 2025).
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Beautiful images of research to repair broken hearts
Scientists we fund share stunning images of their cutting-edge research into finding a desperately needed cure for heart failure, a devastating condition affecting nearly one million people in the UK. Each image reflects work tackling heart failure with different approaches to regenerative medicine that uses ways to teach the heart to repair itself.
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A growing evidence base for care and support planning
Our programme adds to a growing evidence base showing that care and support planning can be implemented at practice, community and health system level.
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RESEARCH
A stem cell that promotes new blood vessel growthQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Diseases that are caused by reduced blood flow, such as heart attacks, strokes and some forms of blindness, affect millions of people each year and are major causes of ill health and death. Dr David Grieve from Queen’s University Belfast is...
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Premature hearts less able to cope with exercise
The hearts of people born prematurely are less able to cope with the pressures of exercise in adulthood, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and part-funded by us.
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Weak handshake could be sign of a failing heart
Weak handshake could be sign of a failing heart. Hand grip strength could be used as a simple measure of heart health, according to new research published today in PLOS ONE and funded by the BHF.