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13 small changes that add up to a healthy diet
A few small steps can make a healthy diet and help you to control your weight, too. Dietitian Annemarie Aburrow shows us how.
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A new virtual tool to detect heart patients needing stentsUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Julian Gunn
Supervised by Professor Julian Gunn, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing a new computer based tool for doctors to decide which patients with coronary heart disease need stents. In people with coronary heart disease, doc...
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Finding a new way to treat pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Anthony Davenport
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition where the blood vessels in the lung narrow, causing strain on the right side of the heart. This can lead to heart failure and ultimately death – around 15 per cent of...
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A new scanning method to monitor whether an aneurysm is likely to ruptureUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are caused by a swelling in the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta. If left to grow, the swelling can become life-threatening but there is currently no way to predict whether someone’s aneurysm will ca...
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Prevention - AdDIT
The BHF co-funded the AdDIT trial, which tested whether young people with type 1 diabetes should take medication to lower blood pressure and cholesterol during adolescence to reduce their risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
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PUBLICATION
Health at Work - how to hold a launch eventInformation Sheet, 3 pages, published on 01/04/2012
Holding a launch event is an excellent way to promote new and existing health initiatives to employers and employees. Use this guide to find out more and get inspired.
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Using artificial brain cells to design a heart pacemakerUniversity of Bath | Professor Alain Nogaret
A healthy person’s heart rate naturally varies slightly as they breathe – increasing with the ‘in’ breath, and slowing with the ‘out’ breath. In heart failure (where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s demands), this natur...
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Look after yourself and your garden this winter
Time spent gardening can help you feel better. Here are 6 ways you can garden over the winter months.
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Testing a new class of drug to treat atrial fibrillationUniversity of Bristol | Dr Andrew F James
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol, headed by Dr Andrew James, are asking whether a new class of drugs could treat atrial fibrillation, or AF, the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm. AF causes palpitations and brea...
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What to expect in a cath lab: 360 degree video
The cath lab, also known as catheter laboratory or cardiac catheterisation laboratory, is part of a hospital's cardiac department. Read what happens there.