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Junk food advert restrictions finally come into force
Restrictions on TV and online junk food advertising have come into force with the aim of better protecting children from its harmful influence.
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Is vegan butter healthy?
Our Senior Dietitian explains whether plant-based butter is healthier than normal butter.
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Improving patient outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery for aortic stenosisUniversity College London | Professor Gaetano Burriesci
Dr Gaetano Burriesci has been awarded a PhD studentship to work out how to improve patient outcome following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), an operation where a new valve is manoeuvred up the femoral artery and inserted ins...
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Looking for new ways to treat high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, but many people with high blood pressure are not receiving treatment for it. Understanding how high blood pressure develops may reveal new ways to treat it and reduce people’s risk of ...
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Encouraging people to eat healthier foods using a virtual supermarketUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
Eating healthily helps protect against heart and circulatory disease, but currently, people in the UK are not meeting dietary recommendations. We know food prices help people choose which foods to buy, and some countries tax unhealthy foods...
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How can we encourage men to use physical activity interventions?University of Bristol | Professor Russell Jago
We know that physical exercise helps to reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease in both adults and children, by helping to control risk factors for the disease – weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. However, despite these health...
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Studying the role of insulin in macrophagesUniversity College London | Dr Ines Pineda Torra
Dr Matthew Gage and his colleagues at University College London (UCL) are studying the role of insulin in immune cells called macrophages. These cells are involved in driving inflammation and, indirectly, in atherosclerosis – when blood ves...
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Deciphering the intricate process controlling plateletsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Alexandra Mazharian
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Alexandra Mazharian is working out the intricate processes behind production of platelets - small fragments of bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes (MK cells) that circulate in the blood ...
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People from Black and Asian ethnic groups at greater risk of dying from coronavirus
We respond to figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which reveal that people from certain minority ethnic groups are disproportionately at greater risk of dying from Covid-19.
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Cross Party Group Inquiry into High Blood Pressure in Scotland
Learn more about the Cross Party Group Inquiry into High Blood Pressure in Scotland, which launched in 2018, and gathered information on living with high blood pressure.