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Diabetes patients set to benefit from heart disease data investment
People living with diabetes could be set to benefit from a major research initiative to untangle the link between diabetes and heart disease – two of the most pressing global health crises.
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Pulmonary hypertension - exploring a potential new treatmentUniversity of Manchester | Professor Alison Gurney
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs when abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs causes damage to the right side of the heart. Symptoms include breathlessness or tiredness. The condition can lead ...
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A new non-invasive method of measuring heart pumping functionImperial College London | Professor Alun Hughes
More than 750,000 people in the UK live with heart failure. Heart failure cannot be cured, but medication can help control symptoms. By finding a non-invasive way to assess heart function, people with heart failure will be identified more r...
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Hot weather and your heart
Hot weather can make your blood pressure drop, your heart rate increase and means your heart has to work harder. Read our tips on staying cool to look after your heart.
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When is the best time of day to take medicines for high blood pressure?University of Dundee | Professor Thomas MacDonald
High blood pressure is an extremely common condition in the UK. Around one in three adults in England and Scotland have high blood pressure. Many of these patients are prescribed daily medicines (called antihypertensives) that help lower th...
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Building a genetic roadmap for congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Nottingham | Professor John David Brook
Congenital heart disease is an abnormality of the heart which can be diagnosed whilst the baby is still in the womb, but is usually discovered at birth. It affects about 1 in every 180 new-borns, but thanks to advances in early diagnosis an...
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Heart failure survival rates stubbornly low
Survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, such as cancer, finds a large study published by The BMJ today.
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Joanne Ward on Mending Broken Hearts
Mum-of-two Joanne talks about what the progress of our Mending Broken Heart's Appeal means to her
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Drug repurposing: old drugs, new tricks
Find out how the BHF is funding scientists to investigate which drugs can be repurposed to treat people with heart and circulatory disease.
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CNP – a guardian angel in the heart?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Adrian Hobbs
Professor Hobbs and his team are experts in a small protein called C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). They’ve shown in mice that it is released from the lining of blood vessels and has a protective effect upon them. It’s thought that CNP mig...