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Health at Work - Rainbow challengeGame, 2 pages, published on 01/04/2012
A great challenge focusing on nutrition that doesn’t involve any eating! Take the challenge and increase your awareness of healthy eating.
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Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM)
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a rare condition where the heart’s structure can become weak. Learn about the causes, treatments and complications.
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High protein breakfast ideas
There's more protein than you might think in our breakfast choices. BHF dietician Victoria Taylor takes a closer look.
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The link between immune cells and high blood pressureUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Neeraj Dhaun
High blood pressure (hypertension) is an important risk factor for heart disease, and its cause remains unclear in most people. Recent studies have suggested that a particular cell within the immune system, the macrophage, is involved in th...
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Determining the role of the gene Prpf8 in causing congenital heart defectsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Kathryn Hentges
Each day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with a heart defect that happens as the baby develops in the womb, known as congenital heart disease. BHF-funded research has contributed to major improvements in the understanding and treatment o...
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Finding links between quality of life and future health problems in heart attack survivorsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
A team in Leeds are using health databases to help doctors improve the long-term care of heart attack survivors. Thanks to advances in medical care for people who’ve had a heart attack, more people than ever are surviving. Yet many go on t...
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How do platelet proteins control blood clotting?University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers
Dr Ingeborg Hers and her team at the University of Bristol are studying proteins found inside platelets - small cells in the bloodstream which are vital to stop bleeding. These proteins may be crucial to control blood clotting, and could be...
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Z217 Making the case for workplace mental wellbeingOther, 10 pages, published on 24/06/2009
This document contains information to help convince management of the importance of and need for action to promote workplace mental wellbeing.
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Tobacco control
Smoking is still one of the leading preventable causes of ill health and mortality in the UK, with up to 20,000 deaths each year from heart and circulatory diseases attributed to smoking tobacco.
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BAMBI and normal blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Isabelle Salles-Crawley
Heart attacks and strokes are caused by clots forming inside the blood vessels supplying the heart or brain. BAMBI is a protein on the surface of the cells that line our blood vessels called endothelial cells, and on the surface of platelet...