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Karen A. Frank announced as the BHF's new Chair of Trustees
Karen Frank has been announced as the our new Chair of the Board of Trustees and will start in the role immediately
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Searching for new drugs to treat blood vessel diseaseUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain
Dr Samuel Fountain at the University of East Anglia is searching for new molecules that boost nitric oxide and could ultimately treat blood vessel diseases. Nitric oxide is a gas made by the endothelial cells lining our blood vessels, whi...
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Searching for a heart failure drug that targets how the heart muscle contractsKing'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...
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Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes rise to 42 minutes
Average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes were 42 minutes in October, latest NHS England data reveals.
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I'll do it for my donor
Kevin Mashford is taking on the London to Brighton ride, a year after a heart transplant.
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How the heart adapts to the body's needsUniversity of Dundee | Dr Niall Fraser
The heart is an adaptable organ, having in-built reversible mechanisms that enable it to meet the needs of the body. One of these mechanisms involves changing the chemical composition of some of its existing proteins – which is a much quick...
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Finding out how a new group of lipids is important in heart diseaseCardiff University | Professor Valerie O'Donnell
Professor Valerie O’Donnell from Cardiff University has recently worked out the structure of several new families of fats (lipids) called ‘esterified eicosanoids’ that are made by immune cells in our bloodstream and may have a role in heart...
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How to lower blood pressure naturally
How can you lower your blood pressure naturally, and without medication? Our Senior Nurse advises.
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How social inequalities lead to heart disease
Social and economic factors can significantly affect your risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases and diabetes. We’ve been funding research to better understand why.
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Am I overweight? The new simple way to tell if you need to lose weight
There’s one simple test you can do to find out if you need to lose weight. Find out how.