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Watch: Why is too much salt bad for you?
Eating too much salt is linked to high blood pressure, because of salt's sodium content. Watch our animation, and read seven salt-slashing tactics to help you cut down
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Embedding DORA: improving how a research track record is considered in BHF funding decisions
In line with DORA and towards our goal of embedding a greater appreciation of the value of all research outputs, in January 2025 BHF is amending how we ask applicants to describe their track record in research funding applications.
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Sepsis: signs, symptoms and new treatments
Dr Leanne Grech explains what sepsis is, who is at risk and how BHF-funded researchers are working to stop the damage it causes.
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Intellectual property
To enhance the likelihood research findings can be translated quickly into patient benefit, we ask all grant holders to be aware of the British Heart Foundation's standard conditions on intellectual property.
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RESEARCH
Testing new molecules to develop into drugs for blood vessel diseasesUniversity of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle
Damage to blood vessels can cause a number of serious conditions including coronary heart disease and stroke. The body normally produces a protein called Ang1 that binds to the cells lining our blood vessels to keep them healthy. In several...
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Why are failing hearts more susceptible to atrial fibrillation?University of Manchester | Dr Katharine Dibb
BHF-funded researchers in Manchester are investigating what underlies the link between heart failure and atrial fibrillation. People with heart failure often develop a common heart rhythm problem, called atrial fibrillation, which signif...
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What dictates where plaques form in the blood vessels?University of Oxford | Dr Ellie Tzima
Dr Ellie Tzima and colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how plaques form in atherosclerosis - an inflammatory disease where fatty plaques gradually build up on the inner surface of blood vessels. Over time, these plaques c...
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Can Brd9-blocking drugs prevent calcium deposits in blood vessels?King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
Blood vessels must be able to stretch and contract to maintain blood pressure. However, in some people, especially the elderly and people with kidney failure, the blood vessels can become filled with calcium deposits that make them rigid li...
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Can ripple mapping guided ablation therapy reduce ventricular rhythm disturbances?Imperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Following a heart attack, part of the heart muscle dies and is replaced by scar tissue. But within the scar, there often remain channels of living tissue that can form a short circuit around the scar, leading to electrical disturbances (arr...