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  • Is cow’s milk healthy, or bad for your heart?

    Find out whether drinking cow’s milk can really increase the risk of heart disease in women.

  • How your heart works - heart and circulatory system

    Find out more about the anatomy and function of the heart and circulatory system. Have a look through our pictures of the heart and learn more about what it takes to keep our blood pumping.

  • Seven of the major headlines from the world’s biggest heart conference

    The European Society of Cardiology Congress, the worlds biggest heart conference, is over for another year. The past few days have seen thousands of scientists gather in Amsterdam to share the worlds latest leading research into heart and circulatory diseases.

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    Spotting the warning signs of a future heart attack in people with undiagnosed chest pain

    Keele University | Professor Kelvin Jordan

    Every year, up to two in every hundred adults in the UK visit their GP because of chest pain for the first time. GPs may refer people at risk of heart disease for further tests. For others, chest pain may be caused by a problem with the foo...

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    Determining the importance of STAT5A in atherosclerosis

    University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

    Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, is started by inflammation of the cells that line blood vessels. This occurs mostly in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. By contrast, straighter p...

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    Should patients restart antiplatelet drugs after a haemorrhagic stroke?

    University of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

    More than one third of the adults with a stroke due to bleeding into the brain – known as brain haemorrhage – are taking drugs to prevent clotting when they have a brain haemorrhage. These patients have previously suffered illnesses like an...

  • Stroke - LACI-2 trial

    Lacunar stroke is caused by damage to small blood vessels deep in the brain, and can ultimately lead to dementia. LACI-2 explored whether isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol could be used to treat lacunar stroke.

  • Focus on: Heart attacks

    Every five minutes, someone in the UK has a heart attack. We explain all you need to know about a heart attack including the causes, symptoms and effects.

  • Could your beta-blocker side effects be a trick of the mind?

    Some people stop taking beta blockers because they believe they’re causing side effects like breathlessness and weight gain. But these symptoms can be caused by the nocebo effect, explains specialist Dr Sameer Zaman.

  • Cardiac MRI scan

    Find out why you'd have a cardiac MRI scan, what happens during the scan, when you'll get results and where to get support.