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Are statins really of little benefit to healthy people?
A study reports that giving statins to people with low risk of heart disease may not be worthwhile. We look behind the headlines.
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Heart Hero Awards 2025 Results
Find out who our 2025 winners were and the stories that made them Heart Heroes.
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Taking faster, clearer pictures of heart metabolismUniversity of Oxford | Professor Damian Tyler
Metabolism is defined as the chemical processes that occur within the body. Changes to the heart’s metabolism are often linked to the development of heart disease. Professor Damian Tyler and his team are looking to develop a new imaging tec...
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Can partial support with an assist device help a damaged heart recover?Imperial College London | Professor John Pepper
Heart failure is a common condition, and the number of people with advanced heart failure continues to increase. We need new treatments that improve patients’ symptoms and extend life. Mechanical pumps can be used to help the heart beat mor...
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Developing better ways to detect heart failureQueen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently around the body. We urgently need to better understand the mechanisms of heart failure and to develop better screening tools to detect and manage this ...
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One in four people waiting over four months for their heart surgery and other heart procedures
Our analysis of NHS England data shows one in four people are waiting over four months for their heart operations or other heart procedures.
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New Virtual Reality technology to repair hearts
We're funding a team of doctors and engineers to develop new virtual reality technology that creates a three-dimension, beating digital double of the heart. Using it to plan and practice congenital heart disease surgeries and procedures could help to shorten operations and reduce the need for multiple surgeries.
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Learning more about a potential new drug target in heart failureUniversity of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller
Every cell in the body uses small chemical messengers to communicate with their neighbours and the rest of the body. These chemical messengers work by interacting with proteins called receptors that are embedded in the surface of cells. In ...
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Working out how congenital heart defects developUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Professor Peter Scambler and his team at University College London study the underlying causes of different types of congenital heart disease – a condition where the heart doesn’t form properly as it develops in the womb. Professor Scam...
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'No room for complacency' as heart care waiting list falls in England
Latest NHS England figures published today show that the number of people on cardiac waiting lists fell to 406,695 at the end of October 2023 in England – a decrease of 2,846 on the previous month.