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University of Aberdeen | Dr Nimesh Mody

Dr Nimesh Mody and his colleagues at the University of Aberdeen are designing a new drug that blocks the production of a fatty molecule called ceramide, which could be used to treat a range of diseases. Obesity, heart and circulatory dis...

In a global report published today, researchers have called for urgent action to improve care and prevention to combat the worldwide leading cause of death among women – heart and circulatory disease.

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University College London | Professor Richard Morris

In the UK, millions of people are living with coronary heart disease (CHD) and older people die in winter from CHD more than any other time of year. We don’t know why cold weather affects heart disease, but haemostasis – the process that co...

It's often said that the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart – that's the muscle about the size of your fist that is currently keeping you alive.

European healthcare expenditure on heart & circulatory diseases.

Thanks to relentless research, we’ve improved and saved the lives of thousands of people living with an inherited heart condition.

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Imperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis

People with moderately narrowed or leaky heart valves, mostly the mitral valve or aortic valve, need to have ultrasound scans to determine when they need an operation. But the technique used to monitor severity, called echocardiography, alt...