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New BHF Celebrity Ambassadors and Heart Hero Awards announced
BHF announces Heart Hero Awards 2020 and appoints three new celebrity ambassadors; Luke Pritchard, Gemma Atkinson and Yinka Bokinni.
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“I felt invincible – then I needed heart surgery in my fifties.”
Having heart surgery taught Jason Doyle to slow down and appreciate life. Read his story.
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New blood test could identify those at highest risk of heart failure
A blood test could help identify those at highest risk of dying from heart failure, new research has found.
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Scientists to investigate cause of heart defects in children
Scientists at the University of Oxford will try to identify new reasons why children are born with heart defects. Dr Duncan Sparrow has been awarded £941,000 by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to set up a research team to determine how environmental factors can cause abnormalities in how the heart develops.
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RESEARCH
Do pre-hospital electrocardiograms increase heart attack survival, and are they used enough?Kingston University London | Professor Tom Quinn
When someone has a suspected heart attack, the ambulance service can test the electrical activity of a person’s the heart to determine the best treatment for them. In a previous project, Professor Tom Quinn and colleagues showed that peo...
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Can the Mediterranean diet prevent heart attacks and strokes?
Several news outlets are reporting that the Mediterranean diet can slash the risk of dying from heart attack and stroke. But is this true? We investigate.
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Women less likely to receive treatment for deadly heart condition
Women, Black and South Asian people, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
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PUBLICATION
Understanding heart surgery - large printBooklets, published on 10/02/2026
Order or download our free large print booklet on having heart surgery. Learn how to prepare, what happens during surgery and during your recovery in the days, weeks and months after surgery.
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Fear and anxiety after heart surgery - Richard's story
When GP Richard Gale had emergency heart surgery, he wasn't prepared for the stress, fear and nightmares that followed. He tells us how he sought help.
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RESEARCH
Studying the role of two genes in the earliest stages of embryonic heart developmentCardiff University | Dr Branko Latinkic
The formation of the heart in the embryo requires a complex group of genes being switched on and off at exactly the right moment, and for exactly the right amount of time. When this goes wrong in some way, congenital heart defects can devel...