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Gene discovery with potential to prevent complications for diabetes
A team of scientists we fund at Queen’s University, Belfast, have discovered a gene that increases the risk of blood vessel damage in people with diabetes.
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Could your beta-blocker side effects be a trick of the mind?
Some people stop taking beta blockers because they believe they’re causing side effects like breathlessness and weight gain. But these symptoms can be caused by the nocebo effect, explains specialist Dr Sameer Zaman.
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BHF pays tribute to Professor Michael Oliver
BHF pays tribute to Professor Michael Oliver - one of the charity's most eminent chair holders between 1978 and 1989
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Improving how weight loss advice is given by GPsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Aveyard
Around one in four adults in the UK is obese, and the levels are rising. Obesity increases the risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, and costs the NHS around £4.2 billion a year. GPs are in a good position to guide patients to ...
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Better ways to scan and monitor people with atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Dr Jennifer Keegan
Dr Jennifer Keegan and her team at Imperial College London are developing new ways to monitor heart tissue in atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart rhythm disease, using specialised scanning techniques. Currently, doctors use a ...
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Helping a defective ion channel protein get to its correct location in long QT syndromeUniversity of Bristol | Dr Stephen Harmer
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a condition that can cause an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) due to abnormal electrical activity in the heart. An inherited form of LQTS, called long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), is a cause of sudden cardiac deat...
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Mark Kearney
Professor Kearney and his team are leading several groundbreaking research projects which could lead to new treatments for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Record-breaking human imaging project crosses finish line
In a remarkable achievement, supported by us, UK Biobank has completed the world’s largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of 100,000 volunteers.
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Care and support planning for multiple long-term conditions
The BHF House of Care programme found that delivering care and support planning to patients with multiple long-term conditions improves their experience of care and could reduce GP practice costs.