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Tesco becomes first supermarket to join The Circuit
Tesco has become the UK’s first supermarket to begin registering its 2,190 defibrillators to a new national database that could improve cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK.
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Can fitness trackers detect heart problems?
Fitness trackers have become a key part of how we look after our health, but should you use them?
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What makes platelets so sticky in a blood clotUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Yotis Senis
Platelets are small blood cells that plug holes in damaged blood vessels. They do this by sticking to sites of vessel injury and forming a clot that plugs the damaged blood vessel. Platelets can also have a detrimental effect on health by f...
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BHF responds to NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
On 30th June, the Government announced its long-awaited NHS Long Term Workforce Plan – a landmark 15-year strategy for recruiting and retaining more NHS staff, and reforming how healthcare professionals work and train in England.
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Studying BMP9, a potential therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Wei Li
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition, for which effective treatments are urgently needed. In PAH, the blood pressure in the arteries supplying the lungs is very high. This puts a strain on the right side...
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Understanding defibrillators: what they are and how to use them
A defibrillator is a device that can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest. Find out how it works and when to use it.
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Can endothelial progenitor cells move to an injured blood vessel?University of Edinburgh | Dr Nicholas L M Cruden
Damage to blood vessels can cause a number of serious conditions including coronary heart disease and stroke. Scientists believe that the body repairs damaged blood vessels with a type of stem cell called an endothelial progenitor cell. Dr ...
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Studying a protein’s role in causing congenital heart defectsUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Professor Scambler and his team study how the heart develops in the embryo by investigating the genes involved in normal development. They are particularly interested in what goes wrong in the developing heart to cause congenital heart dise...
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Firefighter health - FIREPROOF
Cardiovascular events – such as heart attacks - are the leading cause of death among on-duty firefighters. The BHF funded the FIREPROOF study to find out why.
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Exploring the potential of a new heart-protecting drugKing's College London | Professor Susan Brain
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a short protein, produced by certain types of nerves, that relaxes blood vessels. Several decades ago it was realised that CGRP might be beneficial for treating heart and circulatory diseases, but i...