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Researchers part-funded by the British Heart Foundation have found a potential new way to treat heart attacks

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St George's, University of London | Professor Iain Greenwood

Adults with high blood pressure have a higher risk of developing heart and circulatory disease. High blood pressure can arise as a result of blood vessels losing their elasticity, meaning that blood vessels cannot expand and contract as eff...

Nine easy ways to add vegetables to your everyday meals so you (or your kids) won’t even notice eating them

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Imperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse

Studying how the heart muscle is strained when the heart beats could help with early detection of heart disease. Dr Jennifer Keegan and her team have developed a way of taking images of heart muscle strain using magnetic resonance imaging (...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker

BHF Professor Andrew Baker and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are studying the importance of non-coding RNAs in pulmonary hypertension, a condition where the pressure rises in the blood vessels in the lungs, which can ultimat...

Discover the latest research into regenerative medicine, from heart patches to gene therapy.

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University of Glasgow | Dr William Holmes

A heart attack happens when one or more coronary arteries become blocked, stopping blood flow to the heart muscle. The extent of the damage to the heart affects how well patients will respond to treatment. For example, angioplasty reinstate...

Male endurance athletes who have spent decades training and competing are more likely to develop scarring in their hearts and may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to research we've funded.

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University of Leicester | Professor Dr Toru Suzuki

Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful tool that scientists use to analyse proteins and other chemicals from cell and tissue samples. There is currently much interest in using MS to search for markers of diseases or their risk factors - rathe...

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King's College London | Dr Martin Bishop

Our bodies and hearts are all unique, and treatments and procedures that work for one person may not be right for another. Many researchers are trying to develop new ways to understand this variation between individuals to allow them to pro...