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Quitting smoking - RRT
BHF-funded researchers carried out a study to find out how to help people quit smoking successfully – should they cut down gradually or quit ‘cold turkey’?
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Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year
We are urging the Government to press on with plans to restrict junk food advertising on TV and online.
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Reimagining Help – supporting people with long term health conditions
The Reimagining Help Guide aims to diversify sources of help outside of hospital, with the aim of enabling people with long term health conditions to take control and ensure they live well.
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3-minute mindful meditation for stress relief
Wondering how to reduce stress? This quick mindful body scan meditation can help ease away tension.
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Can you die from a broken heart?
The BHF are funding a medical condition known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ that is all too real for many people in the UK
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Arrhythmia care coordinators
Our programme has provided evidence for how arrhythmia care coordinators can help improve quality of care for the two million people with arrhythmias or heart rhythm problems in the UK.
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How does a protein called VWF keep hearts healthy?Imperial College London | Professor Anna Randi
Professor Anna Randi and her colleagues at Imperial College London are studying how a protein called von Willebrand factor (VWF) is important for heart health. Very small blood vessels, called capillaries, form over two thirds of the heart...
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Working out why blood vessels become leakyKing's College London | Dr Aleksandar Ivetic
Dr Aleksandar Ivetic and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying ways to prevent uncontrolled blood vessel leakiness, which can be life threatening. Humans are made up of 80% water, 10% of which is carried around our bodies b...
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How do heart muscle proteins change shape when the heart beats?University of Bristol | Dr Danielle Paul
Proteins that make up heart muscle are arranged into structures called filaments. There are two types of filament: thick and thin. A protein called troponin is one of the main components of the thin filament and acts like a switch that turn...
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3D imaging to detect abnormal heart muscle thickeningUniversity College London | Dr Charlotte Manisty
Supervised by Dr Charlotte Manisty, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out why some people develop excessively thick heart muscle in response to stress, putting them at risk of heart failure. When subjected to stresses, fo...