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BHF responds to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper
The Government has this week published its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper which explains how it aims to spread opportunity more equally across the UK and address long-standing inequalities.
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Vascular dementia: your questions answered
From the stages of vascular dementia to prognosis and life expectancy, we answer common questions about vascular dementia.
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Understanding who might have side-effects when taking statinsUniversity of Oxford | Dr James Sheppard
Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs that prevent heart attack and stroke. However, some people may experience side effects when taking them such as muscle pain, liver injury and diabetes, which can stop some people from taking them. This...
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Bridging Hearts: Addressing inequalities in cardiovascular health and care report
BHF’s Health Insights and Policy and Public Affairs teams have published a report which considers how level of deprivation, sex and ethnicity can impact a person’s cardiovascular health.
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Is QKI the missing link causing the damaging effects of diabetes on our blood vessels?Queen's University Belfast | Dr Andriana Margariti
It is estimated that by 2045 there will be 629 million people with diabetes across the globe. Diabetes is a major cause of damage to our blood vessels, which can lead to heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. The reason diabet...
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Predicting the best way to reset the heart’s rhythmImperial College London | Dr Zachary Whinnett
People with abnormal heart rhythms are sometimes treated with a method called ‘pacing’ which uses small electrical pulses to reset their heartbeat. Scientists have recently discovered a new method for resetting the heartbeat called His-paci...
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Incidence and prevalence - comorbidities - stroke
Stroke patients living with other long-term health conditions.
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Developing a new technology to detect people who experience side effects from statinsImperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis
Professor Darrel Francis and his team are studying new ways to help doctors work out which patients are experiencing side effects from statins. Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol and markedly reduce the chance of heart attacks and ...
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Twice yearly cholesterol jab shows promise
A new gene silencing drug could be used to lower ‘bad-cholesterol’ in the blood according to new findings presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Paris.