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Accepting your changing body after a heart event
Having a heart condition can affect how you feel about your body. Two people share their experience of adjusting to changes in their appearance.
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The story of my blood clot
Read three personal experiences of blood clots and the very different diseases they can cause. Our research starts with your heart but it doesn't end there.
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RESEARCH
Could blocking a protein called EPAC1 prevent heart and circulatory disease?Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working out if blocking an enzyme called EPAC1 could treat heart and circulatory diseases associated with metabolic syndrome – a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and...
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Average age of stroke victims is getting younger according to new figures released today by PHE
The average age of stroke victims is getting younger according to new figures released today by Public Health England.
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RESEARCH
Harnessing natural heart-protective molecules to prevent heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Rebecca Charles
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (known as EETs) are naturally occurring molecules that play a protective role against heart and circulatory diseases, by reducing blood pressure, inflammation and atherosclerosis. However, EETs are broken down by a...
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Our impact on cerebrovascular research
Learn about the incredible research into stroke and vascular dementia BHF have funded and download our impact report.
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Patients with kidney failure at ‘unacceptably’ high risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
People with kidney failure are many times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population and have a higher risk of dying as a result, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) published today in the European Heart Journal.
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Support after giving someone CPR
If you give CPR to someone it can be a shocking and traumatic event. Get information and support on what happens after someone has a cardiac arrest.
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PUBLICATION
Stroke Statistics 2009Book, 108 pages, published on 04/01/2009
Statistics on the Stroke in the UK 2009.
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Using powerful MRI technology to find out the causes of lacunar strokeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. It can lead to a lacunar stroke – a type of stroke which happens when one of the small blood vessels deep within the brain becomes blocked. ...