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Should the flu vaccine programme be extended for heart attack and stroke prevention?London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash
Researchers are investigating if people with heart disease risk factors are vulnerable to flu-related heart attacks. Having a respiratory infection, such as flu or pneumonia, temporarily raises our risk of a heart attack or stroke. While...
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Identifying how beta-blockers might prevent heart muscle damage from pulmonary hypertensionUniversity of Leeds | Professor Edward White
Pulmonary hypertension is a serious condition that affects blood vessels in the lung and can lead to heart failure affecting the right side of the heart. Medicines called beta-blockers reduce the effect of chemicals such as adrenaline on th...
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Could anyone be offered statins to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke?
We look behind the headlines about new draft guidelines on who could be offered statins.
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Investigating heart condition after repair of Tetralogy of FallotKing's College London | Jonathan Kentish
Tetralogy of Fallot is a severe heart birth defect that requires corrective surgery. Most patients will die before the age of 20 without the surgery, but the best age at which to have the procedure is not known. The surgery can cause a hear...
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Ultra-processed food raises risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke
Ultra-processed food significantly raises the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, according to two studies presented this weekend at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam.
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Warning of lives at risk due to missed heart disease targets
Plans to prevent 150,000 extra heart attacks and strokes within a decade in England are dangerously off track, we've warned in a speech at Westminster Health Forum.
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Stopping the heart from changing shape and size after damageUniversity of Leeds | Dr Neil Turner
Leeds researchers are uncovering how cardiac fibroblast cells, the cells that help form the structural scaffold of the heart, alter the size and shape of the heart during disease. The heart is made up of several different types of cells. ...
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5 fresh ideas for getting fish into your diet
Fish forms a valuable part of a healthy, balanced diet. Learn why fish is an important part of a healthy diet, plus five tips for eating it.
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How to apply for a research grant
Before you apply for a research grant from the British Heart Foundation, you'll need to know our grant types and read through the relevant grant guidelines. Find out how to apply for a BHF research grant.
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Developing a new method to predict plaques likely to ruptureUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
In this Clinical Research Training Fellowship supervised by BHF Professor Martin Bennett, the fellow is working out how to predict which atherosclerotic plaques are most likely to rupture, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Atheroscle...