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High-protein vegan foods such as meat and fish alternatives and plant-based milks can be as unhealthy as animal-based versions. A BHF dietitian shares swaps.

Scientists we fund have made a breakthrough in understanding the process that leads to a blood clot forming in the lungs - a condition that kills more than two thousand people in the UK each year.

The BHF has responded to the Government's Autumn Statement.

Lowering high blood pressure is an effective way to reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future, according to research we've funded and published in The Lancet.

Wondering how to reduce stress? This quick mindful body scan meditation can help ease away tension.

The pace of discovering life saving treatments is being threatened by the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on charities, we are warning today in a comment for a leading scientific journal.

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University of Birmingham | Dr Alexander Brill

Mast cells form an important part of our immune system, but may worsen or play a part in the onset of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT*). In DVT, mast cells appear to cause the blood vessel lining endothelial cells to encourage the formation of cl...

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Imperial College London | Professor James Crawley

Blood clotting is a vital process that helps our bodies to heal from injury, and prevents us from bleeding to death. However, blood clots in the wrong place at the wrong time can be very dangerous. When they occur in a vein, often in the le...