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5 cholesterol-lowering foods
Learn how to reduce cholesterol through your diet. Learn what foods lower cholesterol and how you can add them to your diet.
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Could switching on PKD improve the heart’s ability to pump after heart failure?King's College London | Professor Jonathan Kentish
Professor Jonathan Kentish and his team at King’s College London are working out if switching on an enzyme called protein kinase D (PKD) could help the heart to pump blood around the body after heart failure. In some people who have had a...
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Prior coronavirus infection boosts response to variants after first vaccine dose
BHF-funded researchers have found that a single dose of vaccine boosts protection against coronavirus variants, but only in those with previous Covid-19.
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Testing a new ablation method to treat atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Dr Prapa Kanagaratnam and his team at Imperial College London are working out if a new ablation protocol to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) can help people avoid the need to attend hospital. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart r...
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Top UK scientists urge Prime Minister to prevent catastrophic fall in charity research funding
More than 60 of the UK’s top cardiovascular disease and cancer research scientists have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister pressing for urgent financial support for UK medical research charities.
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Feeling confident about my body after an S-ICD
Amy Millns had an S-ICD inserted after she suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep. She tells us how she regained confidence in her body.
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Luton Town's Tom Lockyer urges everyone to learn CPR after cardiac arrest
Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer, who suffered a cardiac arrest during a Premier League match last year, has urged the nation to learn CPR this Heart Month.
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Heart CT scans: a peek into the future
Find out how BHF-funded researchers are using heart CT scans to help prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease.
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Could miR-150 prevent or treat pulmonary arterial hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Beata J Wojciak Stothard
Dr Beata Wojciak Stothard and her team at Imperial College London are studying pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe disease which begins when cells lining the inner surface of lung blood vessels, called endothelial cells, become ...
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Can we prevent heart and circulatory diseases during infection?University of Reading | Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri
In this this project Dr Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri is studying small blood cells called platelets to find out how blood clotting is affected during infection. Platelets are small blood cells that help to protect us when we are injured. When yo...