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How does the balance of sleep, sedentary lifestyle and physical activity affect children’s heart health?University of York | Dr Paul Collings
Sleep, time spent sitting and physical activity are all known to be important for the immediate and long-term health of young people. But these factors tend to be investigated individually or in comparison to only one other health factor, f...
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A nationwide study of diseases that occur in the years following a heart attackUniversity of Leeds | Dr Marlous Hall
A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. In the UK more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks and they can be fatal. However, survival rates have improved dramaticall...
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Discovering more about ILC2: immune cells with heart-protective propertiesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat
The immune system, with the help of lots of different types of immune cells, plays a critical role in the health of our heart and circulatory system. Some of these immune cells appear to contribute to atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty...
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Targeting the cell’s sodium pump to treat heart failure and high blood pressureKing's College London | Professor Michael Shattock
Heart failure is a condition in which your heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it used to, and there is currently no cure. In contrast, high blood pressure is usually a manageable disease that can be treated with medicatio...
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Linking childhood diet to adult heart healthUniversity of Bristol | Dr Genevieve Buckland
Heart and circulatory diseases normally occur in adults, but the underlying processes can begin early in life. It is thought that poor diets during childhood affect ‘cardiometabolic risk factors’ and lead to a state of continuous inflammati...
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Could non-coding RNAs offer hope to people with pulmonary hypertension?University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
BHF Professor Andrew Baker and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are studying the importance of non-coding RNAs in pulmonary hypertension, a condition where the pressure rises in the blood vessels in the lungs, which can ultimat...
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Accelerator award at Queen Mary, University LondonQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, ...