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Medication side effects: how to deal with them
Our Senior Cardiac Nurse shares expert tips for adjusting to new medications.
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Smokers warned of amputation risk as a million could be living with deadly vascular disease
A million people in the UK could be living with a serious vascular condition that can lead to leg amputation or a fatal heart attack, experts predict.
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Does a protein called Syk offer hope for new anti-clotting drugs?University of Birmingham | Professor Stephen P Watson
Supervised by BHF Professor Stephen Watson, a PhD student is working to understand if a protein called Syk could help to prevent blood clotting. Platelets are small cells in the blood which clump together at sites of injury to prevent bloo...
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The role of fibrin structure in a blood clotUniversity of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens
Coronary heart disease claims thousands of lives each year in the UK. The coronary arteries of people with the disease have been damaged by the build-up of ‘fatty plaques’ in the vessel wall, which can eventually rupture to cause a blood cl...
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Government action needed to avoid 12,000 extra heart attacks and strokes
There could be at least 12,000 extra heart attacks and strokes over the next five years without bold Government intervention.
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Is premature birth a risk factor for metabolic syndrome?Imperial College London | Professor Neena Modi
Thousands of babies are born more than two months early each year in the UK, and thanks to modern medicine, over 90% will survive. Research suggests they may be more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of obesity, h...
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PUBLICATION
Heart Voices: Make a difference in Northern IrelandInformation Sheet, 2 pages, published on 12/01/2013
A factsheet to help you get your views across on health care issues in Northern Ireland.
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Research uncovers exactly when our heart first starts to beat
A team part-funded by us at the University of Oxford have demonstrated earlier beating of the heart in mouse embryos. In the study researchers looked at the developing mouse heart and found that the muscle started to contract as soon as it formed the cardiac crescent – an early stage in heart development.
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Is protein kinase C epsilon a good therapeutic target for atherosclerosis?Imperial College London | Professor Justin C Mason
Almost £242,000 has been awarded over three years to Professor Justin Mason’s team at Imperial College London team to study the regulation of endothelial cells, which line our arteries and are important for maintaining a healthy heart and c...
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Using IMR to measure the effects of alteplase on heart attack outcomesUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
Professor Colin Berry’s team is investigating whether a measurement taken during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) - a procedure where doctors open up a blocked coronary artery with a stent - can detect which patients have had blood ...