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The brain-heart connection in health and diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Alexander Gourine
BHF-funded researchers at University College London are studying the connection between our brain and heart, and how activity through this connection declines in heart disease. Specialised nerves connect our brain to our heart. These nerve...
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Fatty attraction and metabolic syndromeQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Claudio Mauro
Dr Claudio Mauro and his colleagues at Queen Mary, University of London, are studying how metabolic syndrome affects the immune system, where high blood sugars, high cholesterol and insulin resistance can result in inflammation and increase...
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Cold water swimming: is it bad for your heart?
Cold water swimming: what are the health benefits and what are the risks? Chloe MacArthur, Senior Cardiac Nurse at BHF, dives into the facts.
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How does amyloid affect the heart and circulatory system ?Lancaster University | Professor David Middleton
Professor David Middleton and his colleagues at Lancaster University are studying how proteins called amyloid build up in the heart and circulatory system, having potentially devastating effects on health. In several diseases, proteins clu...
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The Circuit - the national defibrillator network
Learn about The Circuit, the national defibrillator network that ensures emergency services can find the nearest public defibrillator if someone is in cardiac arrest
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Understanding the early stages of how our veins and arteries stiffen with ageUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Derek Warren
As we age, our veins and arteries become less flexible, and this contributes to the development of heart and circulatory disease. The biological processes that initiate the stiffening of our blood vessels are still not well understood. By u...
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PUBLICATION
Z209 Well@Work - Final evaluation reportOther, 254 pages, published on 09/06/2009
The Well@Work Programme is a collaborative project between lead Government and non-government agencies aimed at addressing the lack of evidence on the effectiveness of workplace health programmes in England.
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Iron and cell overgrowth in pulmonary arterial hypertensionImperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan
Dr Gregory Quinlan and his team at Imperial College London are looking at the role of iron in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of their lungs. In PAH, lung ...
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Understanding the genetic control of healthy heart developmentUniversity College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo
Heart defects are the main causes of stillbirths or deaths in newborn babies. However, the causes of such defects are not fully understood. Our genes act like instructions for the development of the heart, but molecular signals are requir...
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The role of the central apelin receptor in the development of hypertensionUniversity of Bristol | Dr Anne Marie O Carroll
Researchers know that there is a strong link between the activity of the nervous system and the control of the heart and circulatory system. Learning about the activity of the nervous system may help develop new treatments for heart and cir...