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RESEARCH
Tiny controllers of heart developmentUniversity of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg
Supervised by Professor Andrea Munsterberg, the PhD student on this project is working out how microRNAs are involved in heart development. Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is present in all living cells and acts as a messenger, carrying instr...
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Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an infection that affects the inner lining of the heart. Read more to find out about symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
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Over half living with heart and circulatory diseases have experienced sadness, anxiety and depression
Our survey involving almost 5,000 people living with conditions such as a heart attack, stroke and heart failure finds that many are not getting the support they need.
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Alcohol
Alcohol is a part of many peoples' lives and can be hard to avoid. However, drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol can have a harmful effect on your heart and general health.
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Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart disease made up of four different issues with your heart. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for TOF.
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Making the heart sensitive to insulin, to treat heart failureUniversity of Dundee | Dr Li Kang
Insulin is an important hormone that helps control blood sugar (glucose) levels. Many people with heart failure have some level of ‘insulin resistance’, which stops them metabolising glucose efficiently. Heart cells rely on energy from gluc...
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Learning about cell growth in the developing and adult heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya
Scientists understand that a complex network of molecules keep the heart and circulatory system functioning normally. Often it is damage to these networks that causes disease. Clues to how they work come from studying development in the emb...
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Can a CT heart scan predict and prevent heart attacks more effectively than a risk score?University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Doctors currently calculate a person’s risk of a future heart attack caused by coronary artery disease using a risk score based on a person’s age, gender and risk factors. If this score is high, doctors may suggest taking preventive measure...
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Using ultrasound to make lab-grown heart cells more like the real thingImperial College London | Professor Molly Stevens
Scientific advances mean that it is now possible to grow heart cells in the laboratory from stem cells. There are several potential uses for lab-grown cells. For instance, to create ‘prosthetic’ heart tissue to repair the damage caused by a...
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Patients with kidney failure at ‘unacceptably’ high risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
People with kidney failure are many times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population and have a higher risk of dying as a result, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) published today in the European Heart Journal.