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Find out what health benefits you can get from herbs and spices and get tips on how you can incorporate them in your dishes.

BCS has published a report highlighting the positive ways in which cardiac care has had to be adapted in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Scientists from the UK and Israel, part-funded by us, will join forces to carry out cutting-edge research to slow or stop blood vessels from ageing

Where you carry excess weight on your body may increase your risk of high blood pressure.

While our shops are temporarily closed, we are asking the public to donate their discarded presents by post, to help support us this New Year.

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University of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens

Supervised by Professor Robert Ariens, a PhD student is investigating the intricate processes behind blood clotting – the process that prevents excessive bleeding after an injury. Blood clotting is a rapid process, during which a prote...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Neil Morgan

Supervised by Dr Neil Morgan, the PhD student on this project is hunting for new genes that cause bleeding disorders to work out how they cause disease. Bleeding disorders describe a group of conditions where blood does not clot properly...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso

Dr Paola Caruso at the University of Cambridge will study changes in microRNAs in the endothelial cells of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs. Although the precise c...

During the first half of July 2020, you may have seen reports that there were no “excess deaths” in the UK. We explain what this term means, and why this data is important to track.

Healthy baking doesn't have to taste or look terrible. With a few tweaks, it's possible for all of us to enjoy home baking as part of a balanced diet.