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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.

Eating and drinking after a stroke can be a challenge. Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor gives her advice on keeping nourished.

While any weight loss will require a change to eating habits, it doesn't mean missing out on nutrients. Find out more.

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University College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg

The growth of new blood vessels is important to repair damaged tissue after a heart attack or stroke. It’s also important that blood vessels grow when and where they are needed and not in a dysfunctional way. A molecule in blood vessel cell...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Martina E Daly

When blood vessels are injured, cells called platelets gather at the site of injury, forming a clot to stop excessive bleeding. At the injury site, platelets release a mixture of proteins and small molecules that activate more platelets – a...

Do you usually gain a few pounds over the winter? Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains how to stay strong this year.

The BHF has partnered with the Medical Research Council to support large scale studies or strategic research infrastructure, where there is a benefit to the cardiovascular research community.

New research reveals eight in 10 people in the UK are looking for a new lease of life, according to our latest survey.

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University of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart

The development of high blood pressure (hypertension) is incompletely understood. Dr Emma Hart and colleagues believe that reduced brain blood flow might be involved in the development of hypertension because an increase in blood pressure h...

A group of cross-party MSPs have called for urgent action to tackle the damage to people’s health caused by smoking, junk food and alcohol.