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Should you eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables?
Colourful plates of food are appealing, but are they healthy? We explain the health benefits of different fruits and vegetables. Read more.
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How to reduce risk of heart attack and stroke: Ben’s story
Ben cut his risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 years from 18 to 4.3 per cent by stopping smoking, losing weight and lowering his blood pressure and cholesterol. Find out how.
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Heart failure
Heart failure is a condition where your heart can’t pump blood around your body as well as it should. It doesn’t mean your heart has stopped working but you may need support to help it work better.
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Supplier terms and conditions
Do you supply a service to the British Heart Foundation? Find out all of the relevant definitions and clauses that apply to you and your organisation.
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What makes partially-specialised cells in a growing embryo turn into blood vessel cells?University of East Anglia | Dr Gi Fay Mok
In the growing embryo, stem cells (unspecialised cells) undergo rapid changes to become precursor cells (partially-specialised cells) and then specialised cells which perform specific functions. This process of cell differentiation is go...
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A new way of assessing heart health in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu
Pulmonary hypertension is a life-threatening condition in which high blood pressure develops in the blood vessels in the lungs. It is not common, but is extremely serious for those who have it - mostly women – because it can cause the heart...
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Research excellence at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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Understanding how amyloid forms in the heartUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Jillian Madine
Amyloid is a substance made up of a mixture of proteins that have folded abnormally and solidified together. Amyloid can build up in tissues and organs such as the heart and the aorta. Cardiovascular amyloid is most common in people over th...
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How cells decide on their future rolesUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Rui Monteiro
Formation of the vascular network that carries blood, oxygen and nutrients around the body begins early in the embryo. The main vessels - arteries and veins - are formed first and soon after smaller vessels develop from the main vessels to ...
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Looking for new ways to treat high blood pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor David Paterson
High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, but many people with high blood pressure are not receiving treatment for it. Understanding how high blood pressure develops may reveal new ways to treat it and reduce people’s risk of ...