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Find out why a slow and steady approach can be the most effective for lasting weight loss.

Omega-3 foods are beneficial for your heart. Here's how they help keep your heart healthy and which foods are a good source of omega-3s.

Stroke expert Professor Salman explains how research could help us treat and prevent strokes through healthier lifestyles and better medicines and surgeries.

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.

Discover if drinking coffee before noon can really lower your risk of dying from heart problems.

Researchers have recently been quoted in newspapers saying, “Artificial sweeteners should not be considered a safe alternative to sugar.” But what’s the truth? We look behind the headlines.

Is your DNA the reason you struggle to lose weight? We look into recent headlines claiming that a genetic fault could increase the risk of obesity.

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Imperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis

Professor Darrel Francis and his team are studying new ways to help doctors work out which patients are experiencing side effects from statins. Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol and markedly reduce the chance of heart attacks and ...

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Cardiff University | Dr Timothy Hughes

Coronary heart disease is caused by a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty plaques build up inside artery walls. If the plaque ruptures and causes a blood clot in arteries supplying the heart or brain, a heart a...

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University College London | Professor Alun Hughes

Professor Alun Hughes is studying how events in early adulthood influence our risk of heart and circulatory disease and diabetes in later life. We already know that events in the womb and in childhood influence our likelihood of developi...