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  • Edinburgh study could identify potentially fatal artery damage

    Researchers at the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh receive a BHF grant to investigate instances of acute aortic syndrome using pioneering imaging techniques.

  • Today we launch our Annual Report and Accounts 2021

    The report shows that despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, we were able to fund around £52m of new research grants in 2020/21 as well as fulfil our funding commitments to the world-leading researchers we have already made.

  • Quiz: How healthy are you at Christmas?

    Are you on Father Christmas' naughty or nice list when it comes to your diet? Take our festive quiz.

  • RESEARCH

    How drugs for depression affect clotting

    University of Cambridge | Dr Gavin Jarvis

    Some medicines do more than one thing at a time. For example, aspirin is great if you have a headache and is also used to help prevent a heart attack in people at high risk. It does this by blocking the action of platelets. Platelets are sm...

  • RESEARCH

    How blood vessel cells change their shape and orientation

    University of Bristol | Professor Harry Mellor

    After a heart attack or stroke, the body needs to make new blood vessels to replenish the oxygen supply to tissues. To form new blood vessels, cells called endothelial cells undergo profound changes in shape and organise themselves into a t...

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how high blood pressure causes kidney damage

    University of Edinburgh | Dr Robert Menzies

    BHF Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Robert Menzies is working out how uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to kidney damage. Drugs that target blood pressure directly do reduce kidney damage but kidney function steadily d...

  • PUBLICATION

    Health at Work - Workplace Event Guide

    Booklet, 11 pages, published on 01/12/2014

    Use this resource to help plan your workplace events.

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  • RESEARCH

    Studying the proteins that make platelets stick together in a blood clot

    University 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...

  • How to have a healthy breakfast

    Breakfast is an important part of a balanced diet - so get our senior dietitian's tips on how to start your day the healthy way. Find out more.

  • 8 ways to stay slim for life

    It's not about dieting: our dietitian presents 8 recommendations to help you stay slim for life. Find out more.