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Read our list of the most common blood tests you may have and what they reveal about the body.

We take medicines every day ? but do you think about where they come from? Most modern drugs are created in the lab ? but these have bizarre origins.

Our expert answers a question about how much caffeine you should have as part of a heart-healthy diet.

Smoking and diabetes are the two leading risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD), a narrowing of the arteries which can lead to limb amputation

Evidence suggests eating too much sugar increases risk of cardiovascular disease.

A simple £5 blood test for the protein troponin could allow doctors to predict a person's risk of heart attacks and strokes with greater accuracy than ever before, according to research funded by us and published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Find out what causes clogged arteries and if they can be cleared with BHF Professor Martin Bennett.

Statins are associated with improved heart structure and function, according to research presented at the EuroCMR conference in Prague.

A French study, published in The BMJ, that followed almost 7,500 healthy people over 65 suggests that statins reduce stroke risk in this population by 30 per cent. We comment on the findings here.

New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that more people can be considered for statins to reduce their risk of having a heart attack or stroke.