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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.

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.

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

Find out what wholegrain foods are and why they're essential to your health with BHF Senior Dietitian Tracy Parker.

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.

Find out whether drinking cow’s milk can really increase the risk of heart disease in women.

Find out if drinking tea, coffee or other popular drinks can lower the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

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

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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Imperial College London | Dr Kevin Woollard

Dr Kevin Woollard and team at Imperial College London are looking at how dietary fats influence immune cells in the body. It is thought that the body’s own defence system, the immune system, drives the development of atherosclerosis, also c...