Search
There are 5187 result(s) for cardiomyopathy
-
Smoking
Stopping smoking is the single most important step you can take to protect the health of your heart. Find out more about how smoking affects your heart and what support you can get to quit.
-
RESEARCH
Halting the build-up of plaques in our arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokesUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans
Heart attacks and strokes happen when areas of fatty build-up within our arteries, known as plaques, rupture. As blood flows through our circulatory system, it creates friction on the wall of the blood vessels which can be sensed by the cel...
-
Heart surgery delays will cost lives warns research
Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people waiting for treatment for severe aortic stenosis as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the researchers behind a study we have supported.
-
BHF announces shortlist for £30m research prize
Today we announced our shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30million award. The charity says it is one of many radical new approaches needed to address a frightening mismatch in research funding compared with the burden of heart and circulatory diseases.
-
Heart attack blood test sensitive enough to be used in portable device
The blood vessels of middle-aged men and women adapt differently to regular exercise according to new research being presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
-
Gel-like sieve in blood vessels new target for repairing damaged hearts
Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to research we've funded and published today in Diabetologia.
-
Quiz: Which fitness activity suits you?
Fitness classes or other types of activity can be a great way to help reduce your risk of heart and circulatory disease. Try our fun quiz to give you some inspiration.
-
BHF awards £35 million funding to top UK universities
We've awarded £35 million funding to nine leading UK universities, helping to strengthen work-leading cardiovascular disease research in the UK. The awards allow researchers flexibility to quickly launch ambitious projects and will help universities to attract the brightest minds, nurture new talent and foster collaboration.
-
“I was in disbelief when the doctor told me I’d had a heart attack”
Helen Wilberforce considered herself healthy until she had a heart attack. Now she urges others to seek medical help straight away.
-
SHOPS & SERVICES
Hitchin British Heart Foundation Shop18 High Street, Hitchin, SG5 1AT
01462 438259