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Helping to equip researchers with a more efficient tool to measure how living heart muscle cells contractImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Live heart muscle cells are an invaluable tool for studying how disease affects the heart’s ability to contract. However, the traditional way of studying these cells using video tracking technology is slow because only one cell can be studi...
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Can a troponin blood test help to diagnose coronary artery disease?University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
Professor Nicholas Mills has been awarded a prestigious fellowship – the BHF Butler Senior Clinical Research Fellowship – to find new ways to identify people with coronary artery disease and to pinpoint those most at risk of a heart attack....
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A new method to study thrombosis that uses fewer animalsUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper
Dr Matthew Harper is supervising a PhD student who will develop a new research model to study thrombosis (when blood clots form inside blood vessels) that is less reliant on animals. Heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots b...
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Find a walking group
There are lots of different walking groups around the UK, so you're sure to find one to suit you. Here's our guide to help you find a walking group.
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Developing a new type of MRI scanner to study the human heartUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a scanning technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce pictures of organs and tissues in the body. A fundamental principle of MRI is that the magnetic field remains fixed – u...
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Investigating a potential new target to treat aortic valve stenosisUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Graeme Nixon
To ensure the maximum volume of blood is pumped around the body, blood must flow in one direction. This one-way flow is controlled by heart valves, which have to be strong and flexible to do their job. As we age, the valve that stops the ba...
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Heart scans could lead to better treatment for patients in hospital with coronavirus
Doctors say heart scans may prove a useful tool for identifying patients who may benefit from additional treatments to improve their Covid-19 recovery and help prevent potential long-term damage to their heart.
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A computer model to help doctors care for heart failure patientsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kazem Rahimi
Supervised by Professor Kazem Rahimi, this PhD student is developing a new computer model to help doctors care for people with heart failure. Heart failure, when the heart cannot pump blood effectively around the body, severely impacts h...
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Sugar and diabetes: 5 key questions answered
Can you get diabetes from eating too much sugar? Does diabetes mean you cannot eat chocolate? BHF Senior Dietitian Dell Stanford breaks down common myths
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Using the power of big data to tackle heart and circulatory disease
We’ve been supporting big data studies, which are vital in understanding what causes diseases and how to prevent and treat them.