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Finding preventable causes of heart and circulatory diseasesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor John Danesh
Understanding the direct causes of heart and circulatory diseases would help to prevent more people dying from them. However, it can be difficult to distinguish whether something causes a particular disease, or happens to be more common in ...
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Drug could help diabetic hearts recover after a heart attack
Research we've funded at the University of Oxford has identified a drug, currently in clinical trials for another condition, that could reduce the risk that people with diabetes will go on to develop heart failure after a heart attack.
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A new approach to prevent heart rhythm disorders at the cellular levelCardiff University | Professor Alan Williams
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. If this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat rhythm called arrhythmias occur. Some arrhythmias occur because the amount of calcium in the heart muscle cells is abnorma...
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Linking childhood diet to adult heart healthUniversity of Bristol | Dr Genevieve Buckland
Heart and circulatory diseases normally occur in adults, but the underlying processes can begin early in life. It is thought that poor diets during childhood affect ‘cardiometabolic risk factors’ and lead to a state of continuous inflammati...
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Could switching on PKD improve the heart’s ability to pump after heart failure?King's College London | Professor Jonathan Kentish
Professor Jonathan Kentish and his team at King’s College London are working out if switching on an enzyme called protein kinase D (PKD) could help the heart to pump blood around the body after heart failure. In some people who have had a...
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6 heart-healthy comfort recipes
Winter is the perfect time for some warm, filling meals. Watch our videos of 6 heart-healthy comfort recipes to see you through the season.
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What is the role of the Jnk1 gene in heart development?Newcastle University | Dr Bill Chaudhry
A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle lead by Dr Bill Chaudhry are working out how a gene called Jnk1 is involved in heart formation during the development of the foetus in the womb. Faults in Jnk1 and related genes cause...
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Understanding how amyloid forms in the heartUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Jillian Madine
Amyloid is a substance made up of a mixture of proteins that have folded abnormally and solidified together. Amyloid can build up in tissues and organs such as the heart and the aorta. Cardiovascular amyloid is most common in people over th...
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How fish oils keep our heart and blood vessels healthyUniversity of Reading | Dr Alister McNeish
We know that eating fish is good for our heart health. Omega-3 fish oils (DHA and EPA) relax blood vessels and reduce blood pressure, bringing down the risk of heart and circulatory disease. Some studies suggest that fish oils relax blood v...
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Developing a new technique to image blood clots in heart arteriesUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
BHF Professor David Newby and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are working to develop a new technique that detects blood clots in heart arteries. This will complement their new imaging method that detects dangerous fatty build ...