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University of Cambridge | Dr Meritxell Nus Chimeno

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty material inside your arteries, causing them to harden and narrow, which can eventually trigger a heart attack or stroke. B cells are a type of immune cell whose role is to produce antibodies to help...

People with heart and circulatory conditions should take extra precautions as the threat of coronavirus increases.

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University of Bristol | Dr Jason L Johnson

Dr Jason Johnson is working out what causes aortic aneurysms – when the wall of the aorta, the main blood vessel carrying blood from the heart, becomes damaged and weak, and bulges like a balloon. If aneurysms become large they can ruptur...

Delving behind the headlines: What is cholesterol? Why is it bad? Do statins actually work? We explore the science behind the news stories to find the answers

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

A heart attack can cause irreparable damage making the heart less able to pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure and it affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. In 2011 BHF Professor Paul Riley and his colleag...

Find out how the BHF is funding scientists to investigate which drugs can be repurposed to treat people with heart and circulatory disease.

Roast dinners make great comfort food, but they aren't always that healthy. Our easy swaps mean they don't have to be bad news for your waistline or cholesterol levels

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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...

Walking and cycling to work is linked to a lower rate of heart attacks in men and women according to a new study co-authored by the Olympic-medal winning triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee and part-funded by us.

After a heart event, it can be hard to open up to the people around you. We discuss the benefits of writing about your experience and how to get started.