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Getting through tough times as a team: Helen and Maddy’s story
A heart condition doesn’t only affect the person who has it. Mother and daughter Helen and Maddy describe how Helen’s cardiac arrest affected their lives.
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Finding new ways to stop blood from clotting without increasing the risk of bleedingUniversity of Leeds | Professor Helen Philippou
Dr Helen Philippou and her team at the University of Leeds are looking for new ways to protect people who are diagnosed with heart and circulatory disease from developing further blood clots. Currently they receive an anti-platelet drug and...
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Explaining why some nanoparticles are harmfulUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Mark Miller
Dr Mark Miller is working out whether a group of fats made in the body are responsible for harming our heart and circulatory system. The fats, called eicosanoids, may be causing the harmful effects that very small particles, known as nanopa...
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British Heart Foundation have a robust safeguarding policy to ensure everyone is treated properly, and a whistle blowing service so people can raise any concerns they have confidentially.
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Developing a new computer model to study atrial fibrillationKing's College London | Dr Oleg Aslanidi
Dr Oleg Aslanidi and his team are studying ways to improve the way we treat atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart rhythm disorder and a major cause of stroke. AF can severely affect quality of life, and often medical treatments don’t...
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What genes control how the aortic arch develops?Newcastle University | Dr Simon Bamforth
Supervised by Dr Simon Bamforth, this PhD student is studying the genetics behind congenital diseases that affect the aortic arch, a major blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart. Every year babies are born with aortic arch arter...
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How to set up a JustGiving fundraising page
Set up your British Heart Foundation JustGiving page for individuals or teams with our guide and tips for success.
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Spending Review focuses on getting NHS back on its feet
The Chancellor announced investments for the NHS and research and development in yesterday’s Spending Review. We were pleased to see health prioritised and hope that this translates into better care for heart patients as well as more funding for lifesaving research.
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First clinical trial of gene therapy to prevent graft failure post CABGUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Doctors sometimes recommend coronary bypass surgery for people with coronary heart disease (CHD), to improve the blood supply to heart muscle. It involves taking an artery or vein from elsewhere in the body and grafting it into the coronary...
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Understanding how Ang2 switches from being helpful to harmful in blood vesselsUniversity of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle
People who have had heart attacks, heart failure or need a heart transplant have high levels of a protein called Ang2 in their blood. In these people, there is a switch in their blood vessels that makes them respond differently to Ang2. Thi...