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"I worry if I wait any longer for heart treatment, I'll be housebound"
Dot Addley talks about how she has been waiting 18 months for a potentially life-saving procedure to open up her coronary artery.
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Preventing blood clots by stopping P2X1 receptor activation on plateletsUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Andrew Thompson
Heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots (thrombosis) that prevent blood from reaching the heart and brain. There are drugs available that prevent these clots from forming but they can cause unwanted bleeding. New drugs to preven...
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Studying deep vein thrombosis in bioengineered human veinsImperial College London | Professor James Crawley
Researchers at Imperial College London are creating replica human veins to better understand deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Deep vein thrombosis affects in 1 in every 1,000 people each year in the UK. DVT occurs when a blood clot develops in ...
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Increase your willpower and self-control
An expert psychologist explains how to increase your willpower and self-control to eat healthily, exercise regularly, quit smoking and live well.
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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)
CPVT is a rare inherited heart rhythm disturbance found in young people and children.
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How do proteins FPR2 and ALX mediate blood clotting?University of Reading | Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri
BHF-funded researchers in Reading are looking to understand what exactly happens during blood clotting, so that new medicines can stop its harmful effects while preserving the life-saving ones. Platelets are small circulating blood cells t...
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New £3m joint funding for cardiovascular research in Wales
Together with Health and Care Research Wales, we have announced a significant £3m agreement to support cardiovascular research in Wales through funding for the National Cardiovascular Research Network (NCRN) at an event in Cardiff on 12 February.
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Industries with highest smoking rates revealed
Accommodation and food service workers are more likely to smoke than workers in any other UK industry, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation ahead of No Smoking Day on 11th March.
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Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2014
This is the 2014 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics). In addition to the published content, additional tables and maps are included here.