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PUBLICATION
Health at Work - hydration challengeOther, 6 pages, published on 28/05/2015
Women should drink about 2 litres and men should drink 2.5 litres (approximately 10 to 12 glasses) of fluid every day to prevent becoming dehydrated. The Hydration challenge encourages employees to increase their daily fluid intake over a period of weeks.
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Switching off heart protein could protect against heart failure
Switching off a heart muscle protein could provide a new way for drugs to combat heart failure in people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research we funded and published in the journal Nature.
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Blood tests: how do they work and what do they show?
Blood tests can help to diagnose some heart conditions or check if you have a risk factor like high cholesterol. Find out why you might need a blood test and what happens when you have one.
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Study finds that statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets
Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, according to the most comprehensive review of side effects
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Post to donate: British Heart Foundation launches postal donation service for shops
You can now donate items collected from your home to give to BHF charity shops
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RESEARCH
Why are endurance athletes more prone to abnormal heart rhythms?University of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. When this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat called arrhythmias occur. Arrhythmias can cause serious health problems and even sudden death. We know that athletes who...
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BHF responds to ‘distressing’ average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes
We’ve called for urgent action as figures for December revealed average ambulance response times of over 90 minutes for heart attacks and strokes in England.
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EVENT
Supernova Kelpies Friday
Date
13 March 2027
Location
Falkirk
Take part in a Supernova Run 5K at dusk around the Kelpies!
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Tests can give families of SADS victims a life saving diagnosis
New research suggests extensive tests can diagnose hidden inherited heart conditions in families of SADS victims.
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Leading charities and health organisations urge people to register their defibrillators on new database to help save lives
Life saving public access defibrillators used in less than one in ten cardiac arrests as tens of thousands remain unregistered.