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University of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury

After a heart attack, immune cells called monocytes rush into the heart from the spleen and become ‘switched on’ along the way. Normally, the immune response caused by monocytes is a positive effect that helps fight infections. But when thi...

Future heart attacks could be better prevented in people visiting their GP with unexplained chest pain, after researchers we've funded developed the clearest picture yet of the factors that put them at higher risk.

How we sit and stand affects our health more than we think. We share expert tips to help you improve your posture.

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh, funded by us and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and published today in Nature Medicine.

Discover 10 stretches from exercise specialist Andrew Scard to help your joints and muscles move more easily, including hamstring, neck and shoulder stretches.

BHF Professor of Psychology answers common questions about how having a heart attack or other heart event can affect people emotionally. Find out more.

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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...

A new genetic discovery could explain the cause of a mysterious and potentially-deadly heart condition which affects women during or just after pregnancy.

Ever wondered about the difference between chapatti and parathas, or wanted to be able to tell your focaccia from your grissini? We explain.

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a type of congenital heart disease, is when a blood vessel in your heart does not close by itself after you’re born.