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AI could predict type 2 diabetes up to 10 years in advance
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that analyses ECG readings during routine heart scans could identify people at risk of type 2 diabetes as much as ten years before they begin to develop the condition, according to research we've funded.
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What should I eat to boost my immunity?
BHF dietitian Victoria Taylor explains what we should be eating in order to boost our immunity.
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How do FURIN gene faults lead to coronary heart disease?University of Leicester | Professor Shu S Ye
Professor Shu Ye and his team at the University of Leicester are working out how faults in a gene called FURIN are linked to coronary heart disease. This is just one of the genetic factors that, in combination with lifestyle factors such as...
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Four million euros of European funding to tackle heart and circulatory diseases
Our new partnership with the Dutch Heart Foundation and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) will fund leading researchers from the UK, Netherlands and Germany to collaborate on projects to improve the diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases.
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Scarring in veteran male athlete’s hearts linked to risk of dangerous heart rhythms, study suggests
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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Using Big Data to detect side effects of statins, for better informed prescribingUniversity of Oxford | Dr Christina Reith
Statins are medicines that lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. These benefits have been proven in many clinical trials, including the BHF-funded Heart Protection Study. However, there is public concern...
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I just didn’t know what was going to happen
Read about the story of Hannah Farrands who featured on the Text Santa Live show
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Exploiting the heart’s natural blood vessel development to treat heart diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack, and there are a significant number of heart attacks in the UK each year. Heart attacks are caused by blockages to the blood vessels that supply the heart – the coronary a...
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Omaze Million Pound House Draw to raise funds for the BHF
British Heart Foundation is partnering with Omaze for their latest Million Pound House Draw. The money raised will power lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases that helps us to keep more families together for longer.
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Hope for first drug treatment for life-threatening aneurysms
The first drug treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms could be on the horizon after research we part funded found that cholesterol lowering drugs might help to slow their growth.