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BHF becomes a funding charity partner of Our Future Health
We are delighted to become a funding charity partner in Our Future Health, a leading health research programme.
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Glasgow study to help cancer patients at risk of heart problems
Modern drugs can be very effective for treating cancer and there have been major recent advances in their development. However, some anti-cancer drugs cause high blood pressure and can impair the pumping activity of the heart, leaving patients at risk of heart failure, heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. We are funding a new research project which aims to give new hope to cancer patients who develop heart problems as a side effect of their treatment.
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RESEARCH
Investigating alternatives to standard anticoagulant drugsUniversity of Nottingham | Professor Jonas Emsley
Anticoagulants are given to people to prevent deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in a vein) or pulmonary embolism (a blood clot on the lungs) in people having surgery, or to prevent stroke in people with an abnormal heart rhythm, called atr...
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MPs to debate air pollution in Parliament
Strengthen our air quality laws to protect the country’s health from toxic air pollution – that’s our message to MPs today as they debate the Environment Bill. BHF-funded research has shown that exposure to air pollution, and in particular PM2.5, can damage our heart and circulatory health in a number of ways, increasing the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
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Improving procedures to treat abnormal heart rhythms
Find out how our research has led to improvements in cardiac ablation - a procedure used to treat arrhythmia.
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Drug could put an end to transplant rejection
A diabetes drug currently undergoing development could be repurposed to help end transplant rejection, without the side-effects of current immunosuppressive drugs, according to new research that we've funded.
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PUBLICATION
Treating a heart attack (easy read)Easy Read, 24, published on 28/11/2024
An easy read booklet about treating a heart attack. Our easy read booklets use simple language and pictures to tell you about treating a heart attack.
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How long does it take to lower cholesterol?
BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse Ruth Goss explains that although lowering cholesterol isn't an overnight fix, with a a few lifestyle tweaks alongside taking your prescribed medication, you could see results within a 2 to 3 weeks.
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RESEARCH
Using high tech imaging to understand the lifelong cardiac effects of being born with a heart defectImperial College London | Dr Sonya Babu Narayan
Every day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with heart defects, known collectively as congenital heart disease. Thanks to research across recent decades, around eight in 10 people born with a heart defect now survive to adulthood. However,...
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I'd never heard of Takotsubo before
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy through the eyes of Caron Curragh and Professor Dana Dawson