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Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia, affecting around 150,000 people in the UK. There is no cure, but we fund research that could change that.

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We welcome the announcement of a new Health Data Research Service by the Government this week.

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University of Manchester | Professor Anthony Heagerty

Professor Anthony Heagerty and his team at the University of Manchester are studying how obesity increases a person’s risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Almost a quarter of UK adults are obese, but we don’t fully understand how obesi...

Professor Haworth, former BHF Chairholder and pioneer in treatment of children’s pulmonary arterial hypertension, has sadly died.

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University of Aberdeen | Dr Nicola Mutch

Factor XII is a protein that is involved with blood clotting. Unusually, it seems to participate in life threatening blood clot formation (thrombosis), but people who lack factor XII do not have excess bleeding. Consequently, scientists are...

We've joined a campaign to encourage everyone with health conditions, including heart and circulatory diseases, to get the coronavirus vaccine.

How can you lower your blood pressure naturally, and without medication? Our Senior Nurse advises.

The BHF reacts to the Government's new healthy food standard

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University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem

Blood platelets are cells that become sticky and clump together to form blood clots to stop us from bleeding after injury. However, platelets can also form dangerous blood clots that can lead to heart attacks and strokes. We know that peopl...