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  • PureGym raises £1 million pounds for heart research

    PureGym, the UK’s favourite gym chain, has raised an astonishing £1 million for our lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how common cancer drugs affect the heart

    University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk

    Several drugs to treat cancer are known to have long-term side effects on the heart. Among them are drugs that impact a series of proteins which talk to each other, called the ERK1/2 pathway. This pathway promotes cancer, but it also protec...

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    Your guide to heart failure

    Booklet, 88 pages, published on 03/07/2024

    Designed for adults of all ages who have heart failure, this practical guide will help you understand and manage your condition better.

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  • RESEARCH

    Reducing the use of animals in heart attack research

    Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones

    Heart attacks and most strokes occur when blood clots block one or more critical arteries in the heart or brain. These conditions kill millions of people each year around the world. Cutting this death toll requires researchers to study in e...

  • RESEARCH

    Using PET-CT scans to predict heart attacks and study atherosclerosis

    University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby

    Heart attacks occur when a fatty plaque in a coronary artery ruptures, and a blood clot forms inside the artery. BHF Professor David Newby and his team in Edinburgh are pushing the boundaries of imaging technology so that we can see and und...

  • Our impact on heart failure research

    Learn about the incredible research into heart failure BHF have funded and download our impact report.

  • Four BHF research projects that might surprise you

    In terms of what the British Heart Foundation funds, the clue is in the name, but there’s more to us than just the heart. Our research delves into all sorts of diseases. Here are a few new projects we’re excited to watch unfold.

  • RESEARCH

    How changes in calcium levels trigger an abnormal heart rhythm

    University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford

    Some heart patients suffer from a condition called torsade de pointes – a dangerous change in heart rhythm. New treatments are urgently needed to combat this potentially life-threatening condition. Researchers have identified that the level...

  • Joanne Ward on Mending Broken Hearts

    Mum-of-two Joanne talks about what the progress of our Mending Broken Heart's Appeal means to her

  • Oxford scientists to investigate new early warning scan for heart attacks

    Doctors could soon be able to use a special imaging technique to find people at risk of a heart attack.