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Reducing the risk to the heart and blood vessels for people with diabetes
Diabetes can damage arteries and veins, putting people at risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases. We’ve been funding research to find out how best to protect the heart and blood vessels in people with diabetes.
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Boosting activity of the heart protective enzyme HACE1University of Bath | Dr Stefan Bagby
Dr Stefan Bagby and colleagues at the University of Bath are working how to increase the activity of a protective enzyme called HACE1 in the heart. HACE1 protects the heart against high pressures and oxidative stress. When HACE1 is absent o...
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Calming down white blood cells to improve heart attack recoveryKing's College London | Dr Aleksandar Ivetic
White blood cells are essential for fighting infection and they can release powerful substances such as acids and molecules to help break down foreign cells. However, when white blood cells rush to help in the context of a heart attack, the...
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Is it normal to have hallucinations after heart surgery?
Our medical expert explains why patients may experience hallucinations after heart surgery.
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Save a life like Sarah's this Heart Month
Young mum saved by husband urges others to learn vital skill with BHF this Heart Month
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How does carbon monoxide affect the normal heart beat?University of Leeds | Professor Chris Peers
Carbon monoxide inhalation is the most common form of death by poisoning and can cause dangerous disruption to heart rhythm. Professor Chris Peers and co-workers based at the University of Leeds are carrying out BHF-funded research into the...
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Even moderate drinking linked to heart and circulatory diseases
Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research that we part-funded published today in the Lancet. The study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and death.
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Celebrating 50th anniversary of first UK heart transplant
3rd May 2018 marks 50 years since Donald Ross led a team of eighteen to carry out the first heart transplant in the UK.
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Understanding the genetic control of healthy heart developmentUniversity College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo
Heart defects are the main causes of stillbirths or deaths in newborn babies. However, the causes of such defects are not fully understood. Our genes act like instructions for the development of the heart, but molecular signals are requir...
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First patient has gene therapy which could help heart bypass last longer
A heart attack survivor is the first person to receive groundbreaking gene therapy which aims to prevent coronary artery bypass grafts failing. The clinical trial now underway in Glasgow is the result of many years of research, much of it funded by us.