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Charity football tournaments can be a fun way to raise funds for BHF. From choosing a pitch to taking photos, learn all the steps needed to organise one successfully.

Want to make a healthy lifestyle change? We share five science-backed ways to help you change your habits.

Hypotension can be managed with simple daily activities such as moving more, eating smaller meals and drinking plenty of fluids. Find out more here.

CureHeart’s ambition is to reach early clinical trials in 5 years. See our journey to trialling a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases.

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King's College London | Dr Thomas Kampourakis

In the search for new heart failure treatments, scientists have been studying the tiny muscle motors of heart cells that cause them to relax and contract. These motors are made up of two types of miniscule filaments – thick and thin – that ...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences Martin Bennett has been awarded a Programme Grant of nearly £1.8million over five years to look in detail at areas of ‘fatty’ plaque build-up (which may rupture and trigger a blood clot potentially c...

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University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford

When you exercise or are frightened your heart pumps much harder due to the release of certain chemicals in the body. In heart diseases such as heart failure the muscle cells in the heart which are responsible for the pumping of blood fail ...

We're researching the complex effects of adrenaline on the heart, particularly in 'broken heart syndrome' (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy).

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Iskratsch

How do cells know whether they should form heart muscle, a blood vessel or something else? Recent discoveries have shown that one factor influencing heart muscle development is that cells are affected by how rigid their environment is. But ...

Get tips from three psychologists on how to feel less anxious about your health issues.