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University of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan

Statins are medicines taken by millions of people in the UK as an effective way to lower their risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. However, some people who take statins develop a side-effect that causes muscle pain and weakness, part...

We have lots of information and inspiring stories to help you if you’re living with a heart problem.

Coronary heart disease patients living with other long-term health conditions.

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University of Leicester | Dr Jonathon Willets

Dr John Willets and Professor John Challiss from the University of Leicester have been awarded a 2-year grant to study the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC’s), which form an important part of the structure and function of the...

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University of Manchester | Professor Maciej Tomaszewski

Professor Maciej Tomaszewski and his team at the University of Manchester are working out why men are more likely to develop heart disease, particularly whether this is because they have inherited genes that predispose them to heart disease...

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University of Oxford | Dr Pawel Swietach

Dr Pawel Swietach and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how pH influences gene activity within heart cells, and what happens in heart disease. Within healthy limits, changes in pH (how acidic or alkaline it is) can ...

Each day, around 13 babies in the UK are diagnosed with congenital heart disease. But often, we don't understand why the baby’s heart hasn't developed properly. We’ve been funding research to discover the genetic causes of congenital heart disease.

Reducing the nation’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels helped prevent over 20,000 people from dying prematurely from coronary heart disease according to a new study.

Heart and circulatory disease will affect us all in some way - but many people don't know the facts. We debunk 7 of the persistent heart and circulatory disease myths.