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  • “Doctors said I wouldn’t live past 21 years”

    Doctors told Vicki Macdonald’s parents that she wouldn't live beyond the age of 21. Now an adult, she reflects on how she copes with difficult feelings about her life expectancy.

  • How much salt is in your restaurant meal?

    You might be surprised at how much salt is hidden in some dishes at high street restaurants. Our guide will help you choose wisely.

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how the outer surfaces of cells keep blood vessels healthy

    Medical Research Council | Dr Benjamin Nichols

    Blood vessels are made from special cells called endothelial cells. These cells have many small folds in the outer surface, called ‘caveolae’ (which means ‘little caves’ in Latin). Although there are many caveolae in endothelial cells, we d...

  • Video: What if three of your family have congenital heart disease?

    Video: Three members of the Symonds family live with heart conditions, but they help one another through the toughest times.

  • RESEARCH

    How fat cells damage blood vessels

    Cardiff Metropolitan University | Professor Philip E James

    Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease because being overweight or obese can increase the risk of developing high blood pressure and diabetes. In this project, Dr Philip James and colleagues will examine how fat cells ca...

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    Understanding how blood clotting and thrombosis is affected by blood fats

    University of St Andrews | Dr Alan Stewart

    Dr Alan Stewart is studying the processes involved in blood clotting and identifying what happens when this process goes awry. People with diabetes or cancer, or those who are obese, have higher blood fat levels, and are at greater risk ...

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    Studying problems with calcium channels in the heart

    Cardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas

    Coordinated contraction of the heart muscle during each heartbeat is only achieved when calcium movement in heart cells is well controlled. Unfortunately, we now know that genetic errors in key molecules and structures of the heart that con...

  • RESEARCH

    What goes wrong with the heart’s beat in heart disease?

    King's College London | Dr Elisabetta Brunello

    Dr Elizabetta Brunello at King’s College London is working out how protein ‘motors’ within heart muscle cells make heart cells contract, by travelling up and down muscle filaments, like trains travelling along tracks. She wants to understan...

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  • Why being active is good for your heart

    We’ve been funding research that showed the benefits of being physically active at all ages, and for people with heart and circulatory diseases too.