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Read more about living with heart failure, including managing symptoms, medicine side effects and relationships.

We know that being under stress, whether work-related, financial, or emotional can lead to ill health. But what does it mean to be stressed? And what does it mean for our health? In part one of this BHF series about stress and the heart we look at psychological stress - the ancient defence still trying to protect us to this day.

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By listening to Heart Voices members, we have made some vital changes to the work we do. Find out about the value and impact they bring to BHF.

Inspired by Wimbledon? We explain how you can get started with tennis - it's more accessible than you might think and will help keep your heart healthy too.

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King's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann

It is increasingly common for mothers to develop diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes). If blood glucose levels remain high, damage to blood vessels in both mother and child, results. Understanding whether blood vessels can be pr...

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University of East Anglia | Dr Derek Warren

Healthy blood vessels are constantly responding to their surrounding environment. They are lined with muscle cells that can expand and contract which helps them cope with changes in blood pressure and maintains blood flow throughout the bod...

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University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

Although obesity increases the chance of developing heart failure, when patients have heart failure they may live longer if they are obese. This unexpected finding is termed the 'obesity paradox' and the reasons behind it are currently unkn...

Find the contact details for your local BHF Support Group. Providing support and friendship to anyone who has been affected by heart and circulatory diseases

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