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University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell

Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...

Find out how together we can address high-risk conditions for CVD in Northern Ireland to save lives and reduce NHS pressures.

If you have a family history of a heart or circulatory disease you’re at higher risk of developing conditions like coronary heart disease and having a heart attack or stroke.

Heart Failure Heart Attack Exercise Heart health information in Urdu BHF

Find out if Greek yogurt is healthier than other yogurts, with BHF Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor.

Are you worried about the effect of psoriatic arthritis on your heart? Professor Ian McInnes, Vice-Principal at the University of Glasgow and an expert on inflammatory arthritis, answers your concerns.

According to our research nearly 80 per cent of people over the age of 30 have a heart older than their actual age, putting them at higher risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke.

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty material (atheroma) inside your arteries. It’s a potentially serious condition that causes most heart attacks and strokes but often goes unnoticed.

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University of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan

Statins are medicines taken by millions of people in the UK as an effective way to lower their risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. However, some people who take statins develop a side-effect that causes muscle pain and weakness, part...

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University of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Peter Scarborough is developing a new computer model that can predict heart and circulatory disease rates until 2030. In recent years the influence of risk factors for heart and circulato...