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Low blood pressure
Having low blood pressure doesn’t necessarily mean there is a problem, but it could be the result of another illness or condition.
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RESEARCH
The factors involved in forming blood clotsAnglia Ruskin University | Dr Nicholas Pugh
Understanding how platelets stick together may reveal a new way to prevent blood clotting that could ultimately prevent heart attacks or strokes. When blood clots form in blood vessels they can block the flow of blood and can cause heart...
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RESEARCH
Studying the proteins that make platelets stick together in a blood clotUniversity of Oxford | Dr Robert Gilbert
Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. Research to unravel the intricacies of blood clotting may reveal new ways to stop thrombosis, reducing the chance of severe illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes. Blood clot...
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RESEARCH
Developing a new ‘virtual platelet’ to study blood clottingUniversity of Reading | Professor Jonathan Gibbins
Professor Jonathan Gibbins and his colleagues at the University of Reading are using a virtual model of a platelet to study blood clotting and look for new anti-clotting medicines to prevent people from having a heart attack or stroke. Pla...
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RESEARCH
Investigating the role of long non-coding RNA in the regeneration of blood vesselsUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Researchers are searching for ways to make the human body regenerate and repair itself after injury or disease. In coronary heart disease and diabetes, blood vessels can become damaged, causing injury to the tissues they nourish. Regenerati...
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Why do you need to get your cholesterol levels checked?
Learn why it's important to have your cholesterol tested, what you'll learn from the cholesterol test and what you can do about it.
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Physical Activity Statistics 2015
Physical activity statistics and sedentary behaviour in adults and children, UK, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Prepared by Oxford University for the BHF.
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RESEARCH
Research excellence at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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Death rates - over time
Age-standardised death rate per 100,000 people. Death rates take the age structure (demography) of local areas into account to reveal the real differences in statistics. See our interactive and downloadable data below.
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Death rates - by local authority
Our data below shows you the variation in age-standardised death rates between local authorities in the UK.