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    How calcium and inflammation are involved in peripheral arterial disease

    University of Cambridge | Mr. Patrick Coughlin

    Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) occurs when blood vessels in the legs narrow, usually due to a build-up of fatty deposits in the blood vessel wall. This restricts blood flow and can eventually lead to gangrene and loss of the limb. Curr...

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    Why are people from India more prone to heart disease?

    University of Southampton | Professor Caroline Fall

    Professor Caroline Fall is investigating why people from the Indian sub-continent are more prone to heart disease and diabetes than people from Europe. By studying young adults in New Delhi and Vellore in India, Professor Fall and her t...

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    Studying the role of autophagy in congenital heart disease

    Newcastle University | Dr Helen Phillips

    In the UK 12 babies a day are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, a condition or defect that develops in the womb before a baby is born. The causes underlying this wide range of conditions are not yet well understood. Many different f...

  • 20 easy ways to get your 5-a-day

    Fitting in those portions of fruit and vegetables might not be as tricky. Get our 20 ways to help you get there and how this could help your health.

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    Investigating the potential to control blood vessel growth in disease

    University of Nottingham | Professor David Bates

    Throughout our life, new blood vessels grow to maintain a healthy circulatory system – a process called angiogenesis. However, the formation of new blood vessels can also occur in conditions such as heart disease and diabetes and can lead t...

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    Identifying ways to predict a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease

    University College London | Professor Dr Aroon D Hingorani

    A BHF-funded consortium bringing together top researchers from University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Bristol is analysing blood samples for a huge range of ...

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    How is the activation of platelets controlled in health and disease?

    University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem

    Researching how blood clotting escapes the normal controls in people with heart disease. Platelets are blood cells that become ‘sticky’ and clump together to form blood clots that stop us from bleeding too much after injury. However, in...

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    Targeting T cells to control their behaviour in heart disease

    Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg

    Coronary heart disease (CHD) can be caused by the inappropriate behaviour of T cells—a type of immune cell. Although T cells help us fight infection, sometimes their action on the heart and blood vessels is unwanted. T cells can contr...

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    Understanding patterns of weight change as a risk predictor for heart disease

    University College London | Dr Michail Katsoulis

    Most research into weight and health has focused extensively on body mass index (BMI) levels across different populations of people at a single point in time. However, there has been no study looking at the relationship between weight chang...

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    Can carbon monoxide treatment prevent certain types of heart disease?

    University of Sheffield | Dr Janet Chamberlain

    Many patients with heart disease undergo stent implantation to improve the function of disease vessel walls. Some patients receive stents that release chemicals to help prevent disease after fitting, but these are not without risks; biodegr...