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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...

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University College London | Dr Paul Frankel

Supervised by Dr Paul Frankel, this PhD student is studying the processes that are important in angiogenesis, when new blood vessels form from existing vessels. Angiogenesis has a role in both the development of an organism and in various d...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy

Up to 10% of people with high blood pressure (hypertension) have an excess of a hormone called aldosterone. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal gland and conserves salt in the body, thereby controlling blood pressure. In some people with...

Find the facts on chocolate’s health effects, from calories and cravings to blood pressure and portion size. Plus, healthier swaps.

A cardiac rehabilitation programme can help you get back to being able to enjoy life to its fullest. We explain the different ways it can help.

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University of Leeds | Professor David Beech

Professor David Beech and colleagues at the University of Leeds will study a newly-discovered type of mechanism for entry of calcium into endothelial cells, cells that line the inside of blood vessels. The novel mechanism of calcium entry i...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Andrea Caporali

The blood vessels in the human body are lined with a thin layer of endothelial cells. In healthy people, endothelial cells help to form new vessels by migrating and dividing. In diabetic patients, these endothelial cells are faulty and weak...

New fellowships designed to promote the value of equality, diversity and inclusion in science and give research leaders of the future better flexibility in their careers have been awarded at the University of Leeds, thanks to an historical endowment established in partnership with the BHF.

Football legend Graeme Souness is calling on fans across the country to unite in a campaign to learn lifesaving CPR – that could be a game changer for survival rates. The former Liverpool FC captain is joining forces with the BHF to help save more lives from out of hospital cardiac arrest.

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