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According to recent news, chocolate could reduce your risk of the most common irregular heartbeat. Before you rush to the shops, we look behind the headlines.

Summer is a great time to get your friends and family to the park and get active with outdoor fun and games. We present ten of the best activities to do in your local park

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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University 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...

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.

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.

A fear of side effects of statins can put people off taking them, but now BHF research shows that people experience the same side effects when taking a dummy pill.

Dr Neil Chapman explains high blood pressure, how it can be prevented and managed, and updates us on how the BHF is tackling it.

If you have diabetes, do you really need to cut out certain foods to enjoy a healthy diet? Our Senior Dietitian explains how diabetes needn't be restrictive.

We investigate headlines that claim bursts of anger can raise the risk of coronary heart disease.