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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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A new approach to treating pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) involves overactive cell growth in blood vessel walls which reduces the space for blood flow in the lungs. PAH symptoms include breathlessness and chest pain. The signs worsen as lung blood pressure inc...
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How to organise a charity ball or dinner dance
Our guide for planning the perfect charity ball to raise money for BHF.
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Encouraging people to eat healthier foods using a virtual supermarketUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
Eating healthily helps protect against heart and circulatory disease, but currently, people in the UK are not meeting dietary recommendations. We know food prices help people choose which foods to buy, and some countries tax unhealthy foods...
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Activating NKT cells to stop the immune system rejecting a heart transplantUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones
Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...
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Does showing heart scans encourage people to lead a healthy lifestyle and take their medicine?University of Edinburgh | Dr Michelle Williams
Coronary heart disease occurs when the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood become narrowed by fatty deposits. Cardiovascular risk scores indicate the likelihood of a person developing coronary heart disease. Currently, risk...
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Blood pressure lowering medication effective at any time of day
Blood pressure medication is equally effective whether it is taken in the morning or evening, according to the results of a large clinical trial we have funded presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
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Developing a new, safer method to target ablation for arrhythmiasKing's College London | Dr Martin Bishop
Dr Martin Bishop and his team at King’s College London are developing a new, safer method to help doctors identify areas of heart tissue that cause abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, so they can receive more accurate ablation therapy. ...
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Searching for a safer way to treat heart diseaseKing's College London | Professor Michael Marber
The enzyme p38, can be found in every cell in the body. It is part of our response to stress and we cannot live without it. But in a similar way to adrenaline and other stress hormones, p38 becomes very active in some diseases and causes da...