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Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is a problem with your tricuspid valve which helps to control the blood flow in right side of your heart.
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Portion guide: Dairy foods and alternatives
Follow our guide to see what a portion looks like for different fruits, to help you eat a healthy and balanced diet.
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Lifestyle and environmental factors affect health and ageing more than genes, study suggests
Lifestyle and environmental factors have a bigger impact on health and ageing than our genes, according to a study published today.
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Preventing heart deaths in patients with severe kidney diseaseUniversity of Dundee | Professor Allan Struthers
People with kidney disease frequently develop cardiovascular disease. This is thought to occur because the strain created by kidney disease causes enlargement of one of the chambers of the heart (a condition called left ventricular hypertro...
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Trialling physical exercise and psychological support in the treatment of ’broken heart syndrome’University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy – also known as ‘broken heart syndrome’ and ‘takotsubo syndrome’ –is a rare condition where major emotional stress causes symptoms like a heart attack, without blockage of the coronary heart arteries. People w...
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Statins reduce heart disease risk
Recent media stories have claimed that statins cause heart disease. We disagree with the research review, which was reported on. The vast majority of evidence, including from studies we funded, shows statins are safe and effective at reducing a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke.
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Joint funding with Diabetes UK
The BHF is working with Diabetes UK to support substantial research projects with relevance to both cardiovascular disease and diabetes
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House share given charity shop makeover
The British Heart Foundation give home make over to house share of junior doctors, using only pre-loved furniture items from their charity shops
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Heart of the Tyne Business Board
Heart of the Tyne Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseaases.
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Study reveals important new target for high blood pressure treatment
New more effective treatments for high blood pressure could be possible thanks to the discovery that the nitric oxide that regulates blood pressure is formed in nerves rather than in the walls of blood vessels.