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New imaging technique unlocks secrets of the zebrafish heart
Scientists develop a new type of 3D microscopy to capture the growing hearts of zebrafish embryos for the first time, which could also teach us more about the human heart.
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“As a doctor, I understand my patients better because of my own heart problems”
A heart transplant in her twenties saved Sanjana Kochhar’s life. Now a busy GP in her thirties, she shares how it has helped her as a doctor.
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Can we prevent anti-cancer drugs damaging the heart?University of Oxford | Dr Kerstin Timm
BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm is finding out how an anti-cancer drug called doxorubicin damages the heart, and if we can prevent this damage. Doxorubicin has significantly increased survival ra...
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Quiz: Can you spot the heart myths?
The media is awash with stories about heart and circulatory diseases. Can you successfully sort the fact from the fiction?
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Controlling ion channels to prevent abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Sudden cardiac death can happen as a result of electrical disturbances that cause abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. Over half of people with heart failure die from an abnormal heart rhythm that causes a fatal cardiac arrest. The drugs...
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Do weight loss programmes lead to long-term heart health?University of Oxford | Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
The link between heart and circulatory diseases and obesity is well-known. Over the next 20 years, rising levels of obesity are predicted to lead to 1.63 million new cases of coronary heart disease in the UK. Behavioural weight loss program...
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Heart attacks in women: delays, missed diagnoses and under-treatment
Find out why women who have heart attacks face poorer care than men, and what we're doing to change this.
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Spotting the warning signs of a future heart attack in people with undiagnosed chest painKeele University | Professor Kelvin Jordan
Every year, up to two in every hundred adults in the UK visit their GP because of chest pain for the first time. GPs may refer people at risk of heart disease for further tests. For others, chest pain may be caused by a problem with the foo...
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To help people to better understand the key messages behind our heart and circulatory disease data, we have created interactive data visualisations to bring our annual stats to life.
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BHF response to research finding that erectile dysfunction drugs are beneficial after heart attack
Men who are prescribed phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors, such as Viagra, in the years following a heart attack have a substantially lower risk of dying or being hospitalised for heart failure.