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Moving a new drug for sepsis from the lab to the clinicMedical 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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'Heart-in-a-dish' to study the effects of coronavirus
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.
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BHF responds to NHS England plan to recover urgent and emergency care services
We have today responded to a plan from NHS England and Government to help urgent and emergency healthcare services recover from pandemic disruption.
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Harnessing iron uptake to treat a form of congenital heart diseaseImperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a rare complication of a congenital heart defect, which causes increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Recent research has suggested that problems w...
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Almost a fifth of Brits have donated unwanted Christmas gifts to charity before
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on the public to donate their quality unwanted Christmas gifts to help fund lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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Developing a new device to help the failing heart keep up with demandUniversity of Leicester | Dr David Adlam
Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. It occurs when the heart lacks the power to pump strongly, so oxygen isn’t circulated quickly enough to keep up with the body’s demands. This is a debilitating condition and l...
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7 ways to have a healthy movie night
Need some snacks to go with your film? We offer some heart-healthy choices for your movie night
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A study of kidney donors to understand the link between kidney disease and heart diseaseUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend
Dr Jonathan Townend’s team from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is researching the link between kidney disease and the development of heart disease. Changes in the kidney as a result of disease are thought to affect the heart and cir...
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Benefits of aspirin outweighed by risk of bleeding
Aspirin prevents heart attacks in people with diabetes, but it causes almost as many major bleeds and should not be routinely prescribed to prevent first heart attacks, according to research that we've funded being presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich.
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Julian shares what it means to be a Community First Responder
We speak to volunteer Julian about being a Community First Responder (CFR) in the West Midlands and using The Circuit to ensure defibrillators are rescue ready.