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Heart plaster to stop children needing repeated heart surgeries
Researchers we've funded have developed a new type of ‘heart plaster’ to revolutionise the way surgeons treat children living with congenital heart disease, so they don’t need as many open-heart operations.
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BHF partner with ITN Business to produce The Hidden Heart this World Heart Day
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has partnered with ITN Business to produce a programme that will shine a spotlight on our hearts this World Heart Day.
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Gathering better information to improve heart failure care for everyoneImperial College London | Dr Alex Bottle
Over half a million people in the UK are living with heart failure, a debilitating condition with no cure where the heart is not pumping blood around the body efficiently. People with heart failure are usually under the care of their GP and...
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10 unhealthy foods to ditch and what to eat instead
Looking to make healthy changes? Get expert tips from our Senior Dietitian on what unhealthy foods you should drop from your diet.
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First aid skills shortage in the UK
Three of the UK’s largest charities are seeking public support for first aid to become a compulsory part of the school curriculum, following new research which shows more than nine in ten adults (95%) would not be able to save lives in first aid emergencies.
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Working out new ways to break down blood clotsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Ramzi Ajjan
Supervised by Dr Ramzi Ajjan, this PhD student is looking for new ways to break down blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Blood clots are made up of blood cells and proteins that stick together to form a mesh of...
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How cardiac hypertrophy leads to heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Surrey | Dr Rita Jabr
Dr Rita Jabr and Professor Christopher Fry from the University of Surrey will be investigating the potentially dangerous disturbances to heart rhythm that can occur as a result of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac hypertrophy is enlargement of t...
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Developing better ways to detect heart failureQueen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently around the body. We urgently need to better understand the mechanisms of heart failure and to develop better screening tools to detect and manage this ...
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Costing a clinical research imaging scan
Here we provide guidance for costing clinical research imaging scans.
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Heart patients urged to get free flu jab
Heart patients urged to get free flu jab