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BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse Regina Giblin explains ‘intermittent claudication’, the medical term for pain in the legs when walking. It is a sign of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), also known as peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

Senior Dietitian Tracy Parker says most people need to eat more fibre from whole foods like fruit and vegetables, and warns against powders and supplements and extreme fibremaxxing.

Find out why the menopause increases your risk of heart and circulatory conditions, and what you can do to lower your risk and help with menopausal symptoms like heart palpitations.

Confused about the sort of language to use in your research grant application? This describes the level of simplicity we'd like you to aim for when summarising your work for lay summaries.

Recent media stories have claimed that statins cause heart disease. We disagree with the research review, which was reported on. The vast majority of evidence, including from studies we funded, shows statins are safe and effective at reducing a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Prof. Rory Collins' epidemiological studies unit aims to assess the causes and treatment of heart and circulatory disease reliably.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Professor Nicholas Mills has been awarded a prestigious fellowship – the BHF Butler Senior Clinical Research Fellowship – to find new ways to identify people with coronary artery disease and to pinpoint those most at risk of a heart attack....

We’ve been funding research to prevent strokes and improve treatment and recovery after a stroke.

Could offering everyone over 50 a single tablet or ‘polypill’ prevent more heart attacks and strokes? Read our experts take.

According to the news headlines, drinking green tea could prevent deaths from heart attacks or strokes. We look behind the headlines.