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Stroke - causes, signs and symptoms
A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off, causing your brain cells to become damaged or die. Find out more about stroke and heart and circulatory disease.
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Can a new drug combination protect the heart from injury?University of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione
Open-heart surgery typically requires stopping the heart for one to two hours while blood is instead pumped around the body using a heart-lung machine. Despite many advances, stopping the heart can still lead to heart damage which can cause...
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Gene links female body shape to risk of type 2 diabetes
Scientists part-funded by us at King’s College London have identified a gene that in women is linked to the creation and location of new fat cells and is thought to contribute to a person's risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Having fun with fitness could motivate Brits to exercise more, new BHF survey suggests
A quarter of Brits say their top fitness goal this spring and summer is simply to enjoy themselves, a recent survey by the British Heart Foundation found.
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G235 Heart failure nurse services in England: Executive summaryBooklet, 30 pages, published on 25/09/2008
The development and impact of the British Heart Foundation and Big Lottery Fund heart failure specialist nurse services in England.
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A toolkit to identify proteins that keep heart cells healthyKeele University | Professor Glenn Morris
Professor Glenn Morris and his colleagues at Keele University are working out which proteins help heart cells to remain healthy, keep beating constantly for many years, and what goes wrong in heart disease. Sometimes people are born with ...
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Searching for causes and treatments of cardiac ATTR amyloidosisUniversity College London | Dr J Paul Simons
Dr J Paul Simons and his team at University College London are studying a condition called cardiac ATTR amyloidosis, where abnormal amounts of a material called amyloid builds up between the muscle cells of the heart. Too much amyloid bui...