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Lifestyle and environmental factors affect health and ageing more than genes, study suggests
Lifestyle and environmental factors have a bigger impact on health and ageing than our genes, according to a study published today.
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Investigating new ways to prevent thrombosisUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Stephanie Jung
Many types of heart and circulatory disease occur because of the build-up of dangerous ‘fatty’ plaques in the walls of blood vessels. During this process blood cells and fatty material become trapped in an area of the vessel wall. Some plaq...
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Investigating how obesity during pregnancy affects children’s future heart healthUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Susan E Ozanne
In the UK more than half of women of child-bearing age are overweight or obese. Carrying too much weight during pregnancy comes with short and long-term health risks for both the woman and the child. The children of women who were overweigh...
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What factors influence the severity of ARVC?University College London | Dr Srijita Sen Chowdhry
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease, where heart muscle can be replaced by fibrous fatty tissue. It is thought to affect at least 1 in 1000 people. Many people have a mild form of ARV...
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Heart care waiting list grows by nearly 100,000 in two years in England
Latest NHS England figures published today show that cardiac waiting lists rose to 419,039 at the end of April 2024 in England – an increase of 4,443 on the previous month. This is the highest total on record.
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BHF responds to NHS elective recovery plan in England
We give our reaction to the long-awaited elective care recovery plan published today, which outlines how the NHS in England will aim to tackle waiting lists over the next three years.
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Could exercise help to prevent sudden death in heart failure?University of Leeds | Dr Al Benson
Dr Al Benson and his team at the University of Leeds are studying whether exercise could help to reduce the damage to the heart that occurs during heart failure, where the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively. When a person...
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Studying how a faulty gene causes the inherited bleeding disorder thrombocytopeniaUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Neil Morgan
Platelets are important cells in the blood that stick together and help your blood to clot when you cut yourself. Some people have an unexplained lack of platelets in their blood, in a disorder called thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia can ...
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Studying how antiplatelet drugs interact to optimise treatmentsQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Timothy Warner
Anti-platelet drugs are taken by millions of people to protect against heart attacks and strokes. Routinely, people at particular risk receive aspirin plus an ADP (P2Y12) receptor antagonist. This is because most trials of antiplatelet ther...
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Using DNA markers to personalise treatment for high blood pressureKing's College London | Professor Philip Chowienczyk
The BHF is working in partnership with the Medical Research Council and their Stratified Medicine Initiative, which awards funding to scientists to find out why groups of patients with the same diagnosis respond to treatments differently. O...