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How to talk to someone with a health problem
Do you ever feel lost for words when someone tells you they have a health problem? Read 10 tips on how to communicate with your friend or family member.
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How heart surgery gave me a new outlook
Justine Pearsall gained a new perspective on life after discovering she had a heart condition. She talks about the challenges.
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Looking for ways to repair a broken heartUniversity of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart
Dr Nicola Smart and colleagues at the University of Oxford are looking for new ways to repair damaged heart muscle cells and boost heart repair after a heart attack, to prevent heart failure. Dr Smart discovered that in mice, cells that f...
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Looking for a new way to lower cholesterolUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Endre Kiss Toth
Dr Endre Kiss Toth and his team at the University of Sheffield are looking for new ways to lower cholesterol levels in the blood to prevent arteries becoming blocked with fatty plaques, or atherosclerosis. Scientists have found that a prot...
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Olympian Roger Black meets aspiring athlete after both faced heart disease battle
Top teenage athlete Luke Ball meets idol, British Heart Foundation Ambassador Roger Black MBE, after they were both born with heart defects
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Channel 4 to air 24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special
Three people who have had serious heart and circulatory conditions are to be the focus of a new 24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special, in partnership with us.
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What can the properties of blood clots tell us about the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation?University of Sheffield | Professor Robert Storey
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat. It can cause a stroke because of blood clots forming in the heart and travelling to the brain. A protein called fibrin is a major component of blood clots...
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Marfan syndrome - AIMS
The BHF-funded AIMS trial tested whether a drug called irbesartan might slow the expansion of the aorta in people with Marfan syndrome.
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Using a ‘pulmonary-artery-on-a-chip’ to test treatments for PAHImperial College London | Dr Beata J Wojciak Stothard
In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), narrowing of small arteries in the lung severely restricts oxygen supply to the body. Dr Wojciak-Stothard and her team have identified that a molecule called Arf6 is activated in blood vessel cell...
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Investigating the immune system’s response to a heart attackUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Dimitrios Tsiantoulas
Our immune system plays a critical role in the health and disease of our heart and circulatory system, though researchers believe there is much more to this crucial relationship than we currently understand. For instance, we know little abo...