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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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Developing a sensor for blood vessel damageManchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White
Around a third of heart attacks are caused when fatty plaques in the walls of arteries become unstable and rupture. This tends to happen when the cells that line the blood vessels – endothelial cells – detach, causing the formation of blood...
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How to have a healthy barbecue
Barbecue food doesn't have to be bad for you. Follow our 5 tips for a healthier barbecue and you’ll find that making quick, tasty and healthy choices is easy to do.
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Blood tests
Learn about the different types of blood tests, how blood tests are taken, whether they hurt and what happens afterwards.
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Can a healthy diet reduce your dementia risk?
Research suggests there’s a diet that may help to prevent dementia. Our Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.
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Carbohydrates: are low-carb diets healthy?
What are carbohydrates, why do we need them and what is a low-carb diet? Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.
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Are baked beans good for you?
BHF Senior Dietitian Dell Stanford reveals baked beans calorie and nutrition content and suggests choosing reduced salt and sugar versions.
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How to make a healthy stir fry
Dietitian Mei Wan shares her top tips to make your home-made stir fry as healthy as it is delicious.
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Wegovy: what to know about the weight-loss injection
Find out how the weight-loss medication semaglutide (better known as Wegovy) works, how effective it is, the side effects, and how to get it on the NHS.