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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.

A cardiac arrest is when your heart suddenly stops pumping blood around your body. It’s different from a heart attack. Read about the symptoms, causes and treatment.

The BHF has partnered with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals to refine the use of a common blood test to detect heart failure in more patients as early as possible.

How to classify your proposed research and areas of expertise using both the UK Clinical Research Collaboration body standard codes and BHF specific research classification.

RECIPE

Main meal, Serves: 2, Prep time: 15

Inspired by East Asian flavours, this noodle bowl is a delicious alternative to a takeaway.

Find out why the menopause increases your risk of heart and circulatory conditions, and what you can do to lower your risk and help with menopausal symptoms like heart palpitations.

We meet a family whose lives have been changed by the diagnosis of a genetic condition, and speak to the nurses helping to support them and others like them.

Research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester has found that metformin – a cheap drug routinely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes – could help millions of people living with heart and circulatory disease in the UK.

RESEARCH

Anglia Ruskin University | Dr Nicholas Pugh

Understanding how platelets stick together may reveal a new way to prevent blood clotting that could ultimately prevent heart attacks or strokes. When blood clots form in blood vessels they can block the flow of blood and can cause heart...