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Cooking pumpkin and squashes can seem daunting. Here's five simple tips to help you prepare and cook them, plus a guide to the different types.

Out of the 75 proposals received, 4 have been shortlisted, but which research team will come out on top and win the Big Beat Challenge?

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Supervised by Dr Dana Dawson, this PhD student is investigating a new way to treat a disorder called acute stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, also known as ‘broken heart’ disease. In broken heart syndrome, stressful situations t...

Drugs currently undergoing development to treat anaemia could be repurposed to help prevent people with Type 2 diabetes from developing heart failure, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Richard Weller

Dr Richard Weller is working out if exposure to sunlight can help people reduce their blood pressure and risk of heart disease and stroke. We already know that too much sunlight can increase our risk of developing skin cancer, but there ...

Information for for researchers about registering clinical trials on a database, how to manage a clinical trial and what the BHF expects regarding reporting results and data sharing for clinical trials.

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.

Professor Mauro Giacca is pioneering treatments to prevent, treat or even reverse heart failure.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker

The way that our blood vessels heal after injury has important consequences for our future health. Blood vessels are known to ‘remodel’ after being damaged, and this remodelling can trigger a disease process that leads to thickening of the ...

The SHARP trial tested whether taking medication to lower cholesterol levels could reduce cardiovascular risk for people with chronic kidney disease.