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Atrial fibrillation (AF)
Learn more about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), one of the most common types of abnormal heart rhythm and a major cause of stroke.
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How are bones and the heart connected?
There are 206 bones in the human body – ranging in size from the tiniest, found in your ear, to the largest, in your thigh. We have just one heart – roughly the size of your fist – in our chest and continuously pumping about eight pints of blood. 206 bones and only one heart. But how are the two connected? Does the quality of your bones affect your heart?
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Investigating the role of fats in the heart in type 2 diabetesUniversity of Oxford | Dr Lisa Heather
Heart and circulatory disease is the leading cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes the heart is less able to pump blood around the body, and this has been linked to changes in how the heart makes its own energy f...
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Tricking immune cells to repair fatty depositsImperial College London | Dr Joseph Boyle
In this Senior Clinical Research Fellowship, Dr Boyle will test whether a special type of immune cell, called a macrophage, can help to repair inflamed blood vessels in atherosclerosis, the condition that causes coronary heart disease. He w...
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Do tiny packages produced by platelets cause inflammation in atherosclerosis?University of Birmingham | Professor Ed Rainger
Platelets, cells that cause blood clotting, secrete tiny packages into the blood, filled with protein and other molecules. Professor Ed Rainger, at the University of Birmingham, will find out if these tiny packages can promote inflammation ...
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Understanding who might have side-effects when taking statinsUniversity of Oxford | Dr James Sheppard
Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs that prevent heart attack and stroke. However, some people may experience side effects when taking them such as muscle pain, liver injury and diabetes, which can stop some people from taking them. This...
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Stress
Stress can make you turn to unhealthy habits which increase your risk of heart and circulatory disease. Learn what stress is, whether it can cause high blood pressure or a heart attack and how to manage it.
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Could your beta-blocker side effects be a trick of the mind?
Some people stop taking beta blockers because they believe they’re causing side effects like breathlessness and weight gain. But these symptoms can be caused by the nocebo effect, explains specialist Dr Sameer Zaman.
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Finding preventable causes of heart and circulatory diseasesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor John Danesh
Understanding the direct causes of heart and circulatory diseases would help to prevent more people dying from them. However, it can be difficult to distinguish whether something causes a particular disease, or happens to be more common in ...
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The story of my blood clot
Read three personal experiences of blood clots and the very different diseases they can cause. Our research starts with your heart but it doesn't end there.