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How to check your pulse
You can tell if you have a regular or irregular heart rate by checking your pulse. This page will show you how to find and check your pulse.
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Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome, or SADS, is when someone dies suddenly following a cardiac arrest and no obvious cause can be found.
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The role of a molecule in endothelial cells and diabetesKing's College London | Dr Anna Zampetaki
King’s College researchers are investigating the role and importance of a molecule seen to be raised in cells in diabetes. More than 4 million people in the UK have diabetes. It is a serious condition with many health consequences, includi...
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Determining the role of the gene Prpf8 in causing congenital heart defectsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Kathryn Hentges
Each day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with a heart defect that happens as the baby develops in the womb, known as congenital heart disease. BHF-funded research has contributed to major improvements in the understanding and treatment o...
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Is energy regulation by ion channels important for cardioprotection?University of Dundee | Professor Aleksandar J Jovanovic
Heart failure is a debilitating disease that has several causes, including heart attack. During heart failure many of the heart’s natural systems malfunction, including its ability to use its stores of energy effectively to produce a regula...
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Covid-19 vaccines: side effects, safety and how to book one
Get the latest updates on Covid-19 booster vaccines, including who will get one, when, and which vaccine you will get.
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How does a faulty JAK2 gene cause bleeding in blood cancer?University of York | Dr Ian Hitchcock
Dr Ian Hitchcock and colleagues at the University of York are studying myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) - a type of blood cancer commonly caused by a fault in a gene called JAK2. The most common causes of illness and death in people with ...
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Identifying the heart stem cells that could help repair the heartUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
Thanks to research, it is now possible to direct embryonic stem cells in the laboratory to mature into spontaneously contracting heart cells. However, these procedures are currently too inefficient and unreliable to generate stem cells that...
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BHF helps to provide world-leading NMR spectroscopyKing's College London | Professor Dr Maria R Conte
Researchers within the BHF Centre of Research Excellence at King’s College London are leading the way in the fight against heart disease with the continued help of the BHF. The BHF is contributing £1 million towards new a world-leading cent...
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Improving our understanding of long term memory and thinking problems after strokeUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw
Professor Joanna Wardlaw from the University of Edinburgh is studying vascular dementia, where the brain’s blood supply is decreased. Vascular dementia can develop after a stroke. In this project jointly funded by the BHF, the Stroke Associ...