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We welcome Government plans to further invest in the NHS after Covid-19, tackle stubbornly high obesity levels, and clean up our dirty air.

A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests statins do not reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack or death in healthy individuals over the age of 75.

A new online calculate lets users calculate their true heart age.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus

Professor Hugh Markus and colleagues at the University of Cambridge are studying cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a disease of the small blood vessels in the brain. The condition causes a quarter of all strokes and underlies vascular de...

Face to face fundraising is a cost effective way for the BHF to secure a reliable source of income to help us raise money to fund our life saving research.

Tesco customers will be able to make a significant contribution to our life saving research from 26th to 28th February by supporting the Tesco Health Charity Partnership appeal and rounding up their shop in store to the nearest £1 at self-service checkouts.

Book a house clearance with the BHF. We remove items and household waste from a property to sell in our shops, recycle or dispose of properly.

Read how a heart rhythm problem hasn't stopped Carl Portman's jungle adventures, and watch a video of Carl with his spiders and talking about his ICD.

RESEARCH

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...

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University of Oxford | Professor Charles Redwood

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited disease of the heart muscle. It’s generally caused by genetic faults affecting the filaments that contract each muscle cell to create the heart’s pumping action. Professor Charles Redwood an...