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Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law
The Tobacco and Vapes Act has now passed through Parliament and become law. The new legislation will ban tobacco sales to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, and give the government powers to stop vapes from being deliberately branded and advertised to appeal to children.
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10 tips for healthy eating out
Whether it's lunch with work colleagues or an evening celebrating with friends, we tend to eat more when we go out. Get our tips for healthy eating out.
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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.
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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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9 delicious recipes to try this spring
We’ve selected our best healthy recipes to try this spring, whether you’re hosting a garden party or having a picnic.
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Finding ways of testing new drugs for pulmonary hypertensionImperial College London | Professor Lan Zhao
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, causing damage to the right side of the heart and heart failure. It is caused by an overgrowth of cells in the blood vessel...
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Iron and cell overgrowth in pulmonary arterial hypertensionImperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan
Dr Gregory Quinlan and his team at Imperial College London are looking at the role of iron in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of their lungs. In PAH, lung ...
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Using nanomaterials to lower cholesterolUniversity of Surrey | Dr Daniel Whelligan
Atherosclerosis, where blood vessels become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, is a major cause of death and disability in the UK. Statins are used to lower cholesterol for those with, atherosclerosis but they are not always well tolerated. There ar...
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Inner space: a view from inside our arteriesUniversity of Strathclyde | Professor John G McCarron
Professor John McCarron and his team at the University of Strathclyde are studying the inner lining of blood vessels, called the endothelium. This cell layer senses changes in blood pressure, blood flow and blood composition, and sends sign...
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Using powerful MRI technology to find out the causes of lacunar strokeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. It can lead to a lacunar stroke – a type of stroke which happens when one of the small blood vessels deep within the brain becomes blocked. ...