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A commonly used test could miss the most dangerous type of heart disease
More than a quarter of people with a deadly form of heart disease may be missed following current tests.
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Developing a new drug to prevent heart damage in diabetesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Thomas Krieg
Dr Thomas Krieg and his team at the University of Cambridge are testing whether a drug that they have developed protects cells from being damaged by high glucose levels in diabetes. People with diabetes often have high blood sugar peaks...
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Y chromosome puts men at risk of heart disease
A new study funded by us shows that men who carry a specific type of Y chromosome are at higher risk of heart disease.
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Preventing heart deaths in patients with severe kidney diseaseUniversity of Dundee | Professor Allan Struthers
People with kidney disease frequently develop cardiovascular disease. This is thought to occur because the strain created by kidney disease causes enlargement of one of the chambers of the heart (a condition called left ventricular hypertro...
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Understanding how heart disease risk begins before you’re born
Did you know that your parents’ health and lifestyle can influence your risk of heart disease? We’ve been funding research to better understand this.
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Study links loneliness and heart disease
There is a link between loneliness and heart disease, according to a new study published in the Journal Heart. We look at the study and how people can combat loneliness.
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Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2017
Latest edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics). Plus additional tables and maps.
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Increase in heart disease deaths at home during pandemic
The number of people dying at home from heart disease has risen since the start of the pandemic, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.
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Predicting and preventing hospitalisation in older people with heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Older people with heart disease are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and they often don’t do as well as younger, less frail people with the disease. In this fellowship, the fellow working with Dr Greenstein will investigate whether m...
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The British Regional Heart Study – heart disease and disability in later lifeUniversity College London | Professor Sasiwarang Goya Wannamethee
This is the next instalment of a vital four-decade study of heart health in British men. Despite the fact that we have an ageing population, the elderly have been under-represented in studies of heart and circulatory diseases. This means w...