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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

BHF Professor Nick Morrell at the University of Cambridge has been awarded a grant to discover if increasing levels of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2 (BMPR2), could be a new way to treat Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Th...

Find printed BHF booklets and resources to help support your patients through tests, diagnosis, conditions, treatment and healthy living.

Medicines used to treat angina and high blood pressure could be used to treat acute kidney injury, a potentially deadly condition, according to research we've helped to fund.

Our medical expert explains what GTN spray is, and how it's used to treat angina.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia are studying the formation of blood vessels to help improve the treatment of heart attacks.

Our expert explains why it's common to think that sugar can be an addictive substance, and gives us advice on how to break old habits. Find out more.

Today’s news on childhood obesity rates in England shows some positive downward trends, but swift and sweeping action is still needed to reduce the number of children living with obesity in England.

RESEARCH

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...

British Heart Foundation pays tribute to Sir Terence English, the surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplant in the UK, who has died aged 93

When one hundred brand new designer wedding dresses were generously donated our shop in Sidcup, the team were ‘completely shocked’. The dresses were donated by Adrian Chapman, age 56, who donated them to the BHF, in memory of his friend and business partner.