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Don’t be set in your ways – getting active, eating well and losing weight can help you stay healthy well into old age, as two experts tell Rachael Healy.

The report, which is the first produced by us on health inequalities, takes three lenses on the issue: deprivation, sex and ethnicity. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Bridging Hearts illustrates the complex and varied reasons why cardiovascular health drives inequalities in the UK.

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King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

Dr Alexander Kapustin and his team at King’s College London are exploring how to boost the body’s natural ability to heal itself. Blood vessels have an in-built repair mechanism, in which cells called vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in...

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King's College London | Professor Michael Shattock

To work normally, heart muscle cells need to turn precise electrical impulses from nerves into the contracting motion of the heartbeat. During the heartbeat, each muscle cell releases a minutely timed burst of charged molecules to instruct ...

Walking can benefit your heart as well as your general health. Here's 7 easy ideas to up your steps count.

The British Heart Foundation is paying tribute to former BHF Professor Sir George Radda, who sadly died on 13 September 2024, aged 88.

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King's College London | Dr Thomas Kampourakis

Researchers at King’s College are on the hunt for a better, kinder, treatment for heart failure. This is urgently needed. Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK today. It is a progressive condition that can be debi...

Four in ten charity-funded early career scientists have considered leaving research due to funding concerns since the coronavirus hit the UK, according to a survey by the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).