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A review of research suggests a link between watching a lot of TV and risk of blood clots. Our experts look behind the headlines.

Some people are born with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a genetic condition where your liver can’t process cholesterol properly. Learn more about FH, including the signs and symptoms, tests and treatments.

We speak to three young adults about how they've learnt to live with their heart problems.

If your application with the British Heart Foundation is successful, you will be sent an award letter and a grant acceptance form. You will then be required to manage your grant for its duration. Here's more information on how to successfully manage your grant.

Despite 35,000 women in the UK being admitted to hospital each year with a heart attack, women are more likely than men to be misdiagnosed. Heart Matters finds out more

Find out what heart palpitations are and whether they affect your ability to exercise.

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Imperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad

Supervised by Dr Sanjay Prasad, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship asks if it is safe to stop medication in people who have recovered from the heart muscle disease dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In DCM the heart doesn’t pump corre...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Alexandra Mazharian

Megakaryocytes (the cells which make platelets) have two proteins called LAIR-1 and PECAM-1 which seem to be important for keeping platelets in an inactive state in the bone marrow. Platelets help blood clotting to prevent bleeding but ...

Confused about the sort of language to use in your research grant application? This describes the level of simplicity we'd like you to aim for when summarising your work for lay summaries.