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Government confirms plans to teach CPR in schools
The Education Secretary Damian Hinds has today confirmed plans to add life saving CPR to the school curriculum in England.
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Coping with diagnosis
Being diagnosed with a health condition can be daunting. Lulu Trask talks to Professor Paul Bennett about ways to deal with diagnosis.
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Deep vein thrombosis research
DVT is a blood clot in one of the deep veins of the body, usually in the leg. Our research is vital to preventing and treating DVT safely and effectively.
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Comorbidities - heart failure
Our data on percentage of heart failure patients who also live other conditions including atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease or stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
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University of Manchester receives BHF Research Accelerator Award
We have given a £1 million award to boost research into heart and circulatory conditions, including congenital heart disease.
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RESEARCH
Do ageing and disease affect the ability of stem cells to repair damaged hearts?King's College London | Dr Georgina Ellison Hughes
Many hundreds of thousands of people are living with heart failure, but there is no cure. Stem cells are able to repair the heart, but understanding how they work is crucial if we are to develop new therapies to boost repair after tissue be...
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Around 600,000 in the UK living with faulty gene that could lead to heart failure
Around 1 per cent of the population carry a faulty gene which could trigger a dangerous heart condition in seemingly healthy people, if the heart is placed under abnormal stress, such as through pregnancy or alcoholism, according to research we helped to fund.
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How to improve detection of atrial fibrillation with fitness bands and smart watchesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Peter Charlton
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition that causes irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart. It increases the risk of stroke because a blood clot is more likely to form inside the heart and travel to the brain. AF is undiagnose...
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Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillationUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Nearly 1.3 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with Atrial fibrillation (AF), making it the most common heart rhythm disturbance. Symptoms include irregular heartbeats, light-headedness and fatigue, affecting people’s quality of li...