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  • Get inspiration to stay active while at home

    See your round-up of strength, chair-based, cardio and yoga exercises that can be done anywhere in your home.

  • From bench to bedside: 4 new heart tests and treatments

    Discover four game-changing research projects the British Heart Foundation is funding.

  • How your heart works - heart and circulatory system

    Find out more about the anatomy and function of the heart and circulatory system. Have a look through our pictures of the heart and learn more about what it takes to keep our blood pumping.

  • Andrew Baker

    BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences, Andrew Baker, is leading a team of scientists aiming to 'translate' discoveries made in the lab into new treatments for heart patients.

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    Why does obesity cause inflammation and lead to heart disease?

    Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Maria Paula Longhi

    Dr Paula Longhi and her team at Queen Mary, University of London are studying why people who are obese are at higher risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. White blood cells can become i...

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    Teaching the heart to repair itself

    University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

    The £2.5m Oxford-led Centre for Mending Broken Hearts involves a strong partnership with fellow world-leading experts at the University of Cambridge, and also has links with the University of Bristol. The Oxbridge Centre will be headed by B...

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    Developing computer models to help doctors manage aortic dissection

    University College London | Professor Stavroula Balabani

    Supervised by mechanical engineer Dr Stavroula Balabani, the PhD student on this project is studying aortic dissection. Aortic dissection is a life threatening condition where the wall of the main blood vessel leaving the heart, the aorta, ...

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    An ECG score to predict the risk of sudden death in Brugada syndrome

    St George's, University of London | Professor Elijah Behr

    Dr Elijah Behr and his colleagues at St George’s, University of London, are developing ways to detect people with Brugada syndrome at high risk of dying suddenly from a fatal abnormal heart rhythm. Brugada syndrome is an inherited heart ...

  • Neck scan predicts cognitive decline decade in advance

    A five minute scan of blood vessels in the neck during mid-life predicts cognitive decline ten years before symptoms appear.

  • Angina medication: Questions about nitrates answered

    Nitrates are a tried-and-tested treatment for angina, but it's important to be informed about their usage and potential side effects.