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How to stay healthy in later life
Don’t be set in your ways – getting active, eating well and losing weight can help you stay healthy well into old age, as two experts tell Rachael Healy.
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Why do you need to get your cholesterol levels checked?
Learn why it's important to have your cholesterol tested, what you'll learn from the cholesterol test and what you can do about it.
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Understanding how genetic alterations lead to hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Professor Michelle Peckham
Professor Michelle Peckham and her team at the University of Leeds are looking at how changes in genes cause a common inherited heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM. HCM is the most common reason for sudden death in a...
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Could we use new diabetes medicines to reduce damage caused by heart attack?University College London | Dr Robert Bell
A heart attack occurs when an artery supplying blood to the heart becomes blocked. The heart muscle is then deprived of essential oxygen and nutrient supplies and, if left untreated, will begin to die. During a heart attack, up to half of p...
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Bridging Hearts: Addressing inequalities in cardiovascular health and care report
BHF’s Health Insights and Policy and Public Affairs teams have published a report which considers how level of deprivation, sex and ethnicity can impact a person’s cardiovascular health.
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Bristol scientists to study how Porcupine could improve heart surgery
Scientists at the University of Bristol are to study how stopping Porcupine – a protein named after the spiky rodent - could improve heart surgery.
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International Clinical Trials Day 2022: how BHF-funded clinical trials are making a difference
To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day, we’re highlighting some of the more recent clinical trials supported by the BHF, and how you can find out more about taking part in one
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Heart surgery and other heart procedures fall by 39%
There were 39 per cent fewer heart operations and other heart procedures performed in January in England compared to January last year, according to our analysis of NHS data published today.
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Glasgow heart scientists fast-track coronavirus research
Researchers at the BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Glasgow are studying the effects of coronavirus on people with heart and circulatory conditions
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Understanding how heart cells die in heart failureKingston University London | Dr Andrew Snabaitis
Heart failure is a devastating condition that affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. It usually happens after a heart attack, when a section of heart tissue dies and no longer works properly. Scientist...