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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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    Targeting the inflammatory process may be a new way to treat heart disease

    University of Cambridge | Dr Xuan Li

    Inflammation plays a part in the development of many heart and circulatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, where arteries become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, and post-ischaemic injury, when tissue is damaged because of a lack of oxygen su...

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    Carroty couscous salad

    Serves: 2, Prep time: 5

    This delicious and colourful salad can help you towards your 5-a-day.

  • Respite care and how to get it

    When you're a carer, taking a break is vital to your wellbeing. We explain what respite care is and meet people who've benefitted.

  • Learn CPR to the beat of a BRIT nominee this awards season

    As the bright lights of this year’s BRIT Awards are readied to celebrate the best of British and international music, we are urging the public to learn lifesaving CPR to a song from this year’s nominees.

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    A new way to scan for inflammation in the heart and blood vessels

    University of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares

    Inflammation plays an important role in various heart and circulatory diseases. Being able to measure inflammation in the heart and blood vessels is therefore critical for studying and diagnosing heart and circulatory diseases. Dr Adriana T...

  • Atherosclerosis research

    Most people won’t know they have atherosclerosis until they have a heart attack, stroke or angina. We're funding research to beat the heartbreak atherosclerosis causes.

  • “I think about the future now and things I can look forward to”

    Learn how talking therapy helped Marian Sedgwick overcome a fear of dying after she was diagnosed with takotsubo syndrome.

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    Can a new drug protect the heart from damage caused by a heart attack?

    University of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller

    Dr William Fuller and colleagues at the University of Dundee are studying new ways to protect heart muscle tissue from injury after a heart attack. When blood vessels become blocked, such as during a heart attack, the amount of oxygen d...

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    A potential gene therapy to keep our hearts healthy as we age

    University of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu

    There are more than 11 million people in the UK aged 65 or over. This number is expected to rise dramatically in the next decade or so, because we now live longer than ever before. Although good news, an aging population also can mean an in...