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We can all agree that 2020 has been a year like no other, but the fact that there are researchers out there using a Nobel Prize-winning discovery to help us beat heartbreak forever – to help us live in a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases – is exactly what we all needed to know right now.

The Sky Bet ‘Every Minute Matters’ Relay culminated at Wembley Stadium following 28 days of almost non-stop walking, running and cycling as it encouraged over 20,000 people to learn CPR via the British Heart Foundation's RevivR tool.

Learn about enjoying a happy and healthy sex life even if you have a heart condition including when you can start having sex again and why you may be experiencing a loss of sex drive or impotence.

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University of Oxford | Professor Catherine Porcher

Development of a fully formed heart and circulation in the embryo requires the precise allocation of cells to the right place at the right time. Our understanding of these processes has improved in recent decades but the very earliest stage...

RESEARCH

University of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper

Platelets are small blood cells that are both helpful and harmful to us. Helpful, because they enable our blood to clot after injury, so prevent too much bleeding. Harmful, because they also form clots in diseased arteries, leading to heart...

The Funding Wales’ Future report highlights how research and development in universities benefits the Welsh economy and how the Welsh Government's quality-related funding is too low.

In an open letter to the Health and Social Care Secretary, BHF, Tesco and two other leading health charity partners are urging the UK Government to make healthier food sales reporting mandatory for all supermarkets and major food businesses.

This summer, we are encouraging the nation to book a taster volunteering session with their local shop. Three couples share the reasons they love volunteering…

We have recognised the work of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh as our Royal Patron by engraving his name on the Heart of Steel.

Find out how we are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.