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  • Research reveals striking inequalities in NHS heart care

    Research we've funded, published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, has revealed the stark inequalities that exist in NHS heart care and how delays to care are costing lives.

  • EVENT

    Peak District Ultra Challenge
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    4 to 5 July 2026

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    Location

    Peak District - Bakewell Basecamp

    Join BHF for a trekking event through the heart of the Peak District National Park and raise funds to help us beat heartbreak forever.

    Participants posing for a picture
  • Regular paracetamol use linked to higher blood pressure

    Long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes in people with high blood pressure, according to research we've funded and published in Circulation.

  • Heart of the Tyne Business Board

    Heart of the Tyne Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseaases.

  • RESEARCH

    Learning about silent genes that could help the heart repair itself

    University of Oxford | Dr Joaquim Vieira

    Damage to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack cannot be repaired. This is because the adult heart has a limited ability to grow new muscle cells. Recently, Dr Vieira has shown that the heart attempts to repair itself after injury by...

  • How are bones and the heart connected?

    There are 206 bones in the human body – ranging in size from the tiniest, found in your ear, to the largest, in your thigh. We have just one heart – roughly the size of your fist – in our chest and continuously pumping about eight pints of blood. 206 bones and only one heart. But how are the two connected? Does the quality of your bones affect your heart?

  • RESEARCH

    A new scanning tool to detect inflammation in heart

    University of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares

    Dr Adriana Tavares and her team at the University of Edinburgh are developing a new scanning tool to spot inflammation within arteries and heart muscle. This could improve the way doctors diagnose and treat people with heart disease. Infla...

  • Antioxidant drug reverses process responsible for heart attacks and strokes

    An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots, according to research we've funded and published today in Journal of the American Heart Association.

  • RESEARCH

    Structure-function mapping of the heart to understand abnormal heart rhythms

    University of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng

    Ventricular arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac death. There is currently no method of preventing sudden cardiac death, and there is a need to understand the underlying electrical and nervous disruption that causes the abnormal rhythm. T...

  • Healthy eating

    Learn how a healthy diet can help reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease and stop gaining weight. Find here healthy eating tips to keep a healthy heart and our healthy recipe finder.

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