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Heart & circulatory disease prescriptions Which drugs were most commonly prescribed in the United Kingdom.

The Budget’s boost for the NHS to help limit the impact of coronavirus was vital, but much more must be done to protect the nation’s heart health, the BHF says today. The Government’s first Budget was delivered by new Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

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University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart condition that causes irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart. It is more common in men than women. People with AF are at increased risk of stroke. Scientists have evidence to suggest ...

The number of people calling our Heart Helpline has doubled on average since the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19), with a spike this week following new lockdown rules.

The media is awash with stories about heart and circulatory diseases. Can you successfully sort the fact from the fiction?

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University of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani

We know that conditions in the womb can trigger alterations in the development of the foetus’s heart and blood vessels. This may set the stage for heart and circulatory problems in the newborn baby, as well as increasing the risk of heart a...

A 90-year-old consensus on the mechanisms which regulate the day-night rhythm in heart rate has been challenged by research from the University of Manchester, funded by us.

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Newcastle University | Dr Simon Bamforth

Dr Simon Bamforth and colleagues at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are studying what genes are important during the development of the major blood vessels in the chest, which carry blood to and from the heart, and around the body. Ma...

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Imperial College London | Dr Declan O'Regan

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is caused by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, which results in damage to the right side of the heart. Symptoms include breathlessness or tiredness, and can lea...