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Loughborough University | Professor Mark Hamer

Many of us spend a lot of time sitting down, either sitting at a desk, driving or watching TV. But it is important to get active - physical activity reduces the risk of many diseases including heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Despite the...

An expert answers a question from a patient who has been fitted with a pacemaker after years of regular fainting.

Find out what our refund and exchange policy is when you buy from British Heart Foundation shops and home stores.

Some people with Marfan syndrome have weak blood vessels which are at risk of bursting. This can be fatal. We’ve been funding research to stop this.

Former Ireland and Ulster rugby prop forward Simon Best has partnered with us to encourage his fellow farmers to be aware of their heart health

Karen Frank has been announced as the our new Chair of the Board of Trustees and will start in the role immediately

Heart treatments given to patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy do not protect them, according to the first ever study to compare these patients with heart attack patients and the general population over more than 5 years. The results of the study, funded by us, have been published today in the journal JACC: Advances.

We have seen a boom in younger volunteers since the pandemic ended – as new research suggests Generation Z (people aged 16-24) are more likely to want to help out than any other age group.

The BHF encourages the nation to keep cycling through the winter months with MyCycle, their new virtual cycling challenge.

Atrial fibrillation through the eyes of Professor Barbara Casadei and Mike Munson