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Easing back into exercise after a heart event
With a heart problem, it can be hard to know how much exercise is too much. Our Senior Cardiac Nurse offers advice on where to start.
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Understanding heart injury after a heart attack through advanced imaging studiesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Erica Dall Armellina
The BHF has awarded an Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship to Dr Erica Dall Armellina from the University of Oxford to launch an imaging programme which will use innovative techniques to look at injury to heart muscle in patients who ...
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Being overweight may protect patients after heart surgery
BHF-funded researchers find that overweight patients do better after heart surgery than patients of a normal weight.
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Targeting molecule scissors to prevent the development of blood clotsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson
Platelets are small cells that clump together to plug wounds and minimise blood loss, but when they clump together too much, it can block blood flow and cause heart attacks or strokes. This is called thrombosis. Scientists are studying plat...
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Prime Minister pledges to create a smokefree generation
We have warmly welcomed a proposal from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to prevent the next generation from ever smoking.
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How can a protein involved in energy-production prevent heart damage?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Philip Eaton
BHF-funded researchers at Queen Mary University of London are investigating how to protect stressed hearts against heart failure. In some situations, the heart can become stressed, for example during and after a heart attack or in people...
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How do I start exercising again after a heart attack or heart surgery?
It's good to stay active after a heart attack or heart surgery, but where do you start? Sarah Brealey shares tips from cardiac rehabilitation experts.
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Controlling inflammation that arises in atherosclerosis and after a stentHeriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood is studying ways to combat chronic inflammation, a key part of heart and circulatory disease. In conditions like atherosclerosis, when blood vessels narrow with fatty plaques, chronic inflammation causes excessive leakine...
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Release of funding for clinical trial set-up
A small amount of funding can be released from awarded BHF clinical study grants to support the work required to obtain relevant permissions for this research.