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Get tips from three psychologists on how to feel less anxious about your health issues.

Research, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation, has shown that for some people misusing steroids can be particularly dangerous.

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Medical Research Council | Professor James Leiper

Dr James Leiper is developing a new drug to help treat people with sepsis. Many people are treated in intensive care each year with sepsis, when the body has an overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, including widesprea...

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Imperial College London | Professor Peter Weinberg

As the heart contracts, it generates a wave of increased blood flow through our arteries. As it relaxes, flow decreases. Studies have shown that analysing these ‘arterial waves’ could help distinguish between two types of heart failure - ...

Researchers funded by us say a greater understanding of how zinc is handled in our body could lead to improved treatments for people with diabetes.

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Imperial College London | Professor Anna Randi

The cells that make up the innermost lining of our blood vessels are called ‘endothelial cells’. They actively influence all sorts of functions including how permeable the vessels are, how they grow, and the tendency for blood to clot withi...

BHF-funded researchers are using stem cell ‘heart-in-a-dish’ technology - originally created to explore potential treatments for heart failure - to help understand how and why coronavirus (Covid-19) impacts the heart.

Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded a project grant from the nation’s biggest heart charity to compare the accuracy of two different diagnostic tests that are normally used to help detect causes of heart failure.

We’ve been supporting big data studies, which are vital in understanding what causes diseases and how to prevent and treat them.