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The media and statinsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Krishnan Bhaskaran
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team are studying whether media interest in statin side effects caused fewer patients to start taking statins, or stop taking them. Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart at...
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Health at Work - Economic evidence report for workplace healthInformation Sheet, published on 21/03/2016
Find out how your business could benefit from investing in workplace health and use our business case resources to support you in your role.
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Hugh Watkins
Professor Watkins is a clinical cardiologist and laboratory scientist whose work has given us the tools to find people with life-threatening inherited heart conditions, through genetic screening schemes.
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How are LXRs and IRF8 involved in the development of atherosclerosis?University College London | Dr Ines Pineda Torra
This study will investigate the relationship between Liver X receptors (LXRs) and another key protein, called IRF8, which plays a critical role in the development of new immune cells during inflammation. LXRs are cholesterol ‘sensors’ in th...
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Understanding the communications system of blood vesselsUniversity of Strathclyde | Professor John G McCarron
All blood vessels are lined with endothelium – a layer of cells that control many processes in the circulatory system. Professor McCarron’s work suggests that different endothelial cells have distinct jobs to do and communicate with each ot...
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Why does heart disease occur more frequently in people with rheumatoid arthritis?University of Manchester | Dr John Bowes
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory condition affecting the joints. People with RA are at a higher risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) – when the arteries supplying the heart with blood get clogged up with fatty deposits. CHD caus...
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Understanding more about what controls the heartbeatUniversity of Leicester | Dr Richard D Rainbow
Dr Richard Rainbow and his colleagues at the University of Leicester are studying an ion channel called Kir6.1 that is important in controlling the heartbeat. The heartbeat is controlled by the flow of electrical currents in or out of hear...
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Yoga and how it can benefit you
Yoga can help you to cope with stress and improve wellbeing as well as helping develop flexibility, strength, balance and co-ordination. And it is suitable for most heart patients too.
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Heart bypass surgery or angioplasty?
Heart bypass is one of two techniques used in the treatment of coronary heart and circulatory disease. The other is angioplasty and stenting. We explain the difference.
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Can heart failure cause sudden weight gain?
Heart failure means your heart is not working properly, which can cause fluid to build up in your body resulting in sudden weight gain, says BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse Regina Giblin.