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New research has suggested that vegans take twice as many sick days as the average worker. We look behind the headlines.

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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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Leeson

Previous studies have shown that being born prematurely can increase your risk of high blood pressure and stroke in adult life. Professor Paul Leeson and colleagues are using sophisticated imaging techniques to analyse the blood vessels in ...

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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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University of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw

Professor Joanna Wardlaw is leading a clinical trial to help find new treatments for people who have a lacunar, or small vessel, stroke. In 2014 around 35,000 people in the UK had a lacunar stroke, which is caused by damage to one of the...

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University 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...

Olympic legend and our ambassador Roger Black is urging people across the UK to walk more this Heart Month, as new research shows walking is the nation’s top health goal for 2026.

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, is started by inflammation of the cells that line blood vessels. This occurs mostly in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. By contrast, straighter p...

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University of Reading | Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri and his colleagues at the University of Reading are studying proteins called formyl peptide receptors (FPRs), which are found in small cells in the blood called platelets. Dr Vaiyapuri hopes to find out if targeting t...