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Looking for inflammation in early life that sets the stage for heart diseaseUniversity College London | Professor John E Deanfield
Inflammation can cause changes to arteries and blood that increase the risk of heart and circulatory diseases in later life. Some teenagers and young adults already show signs of these changes, but why this happens isn’t fully understood. ...
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Can a type of gene therapy technology help people with heart muscle disease?University of Oxford | Professor Matthew Wood
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disease – where loss of a protein called dystrophin leads to progressive muscle wasting, including degeneration of heart muscle. People with this disease die earlier. New treatments are need...
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Research reveals why more men than women are diagnosed with deadly heart disease
Women may be missing a diagnosis of a potentially deadly heart condition due to guidelines that don't account for natural differences in sex and body size, according to research funded by us.
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A clinical trial of spironolactone to improve heart health in people with chronic kidney diseaseUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend
Mild chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a very common condition. Even people with early stage kidney disease are much more likely to develop cardiovascular complications such as sudden cardiac death and heart failure. Recent research has shown...
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The Whitehall II study – can controlling heart disease risk factors result in healthy aging?University College London | Professor Eric Brunner
Since 1985, the Whitehall II study has followed the health and wellbeing of over 10,000 civil service workers. Part-funded by the BHF, it has shaped our understanding of the social causes of heart disease, including revealing that people in...
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Do people with heart disease have changes in the way blood vessels sense blood pressure?University of Leeds | Dr Vijayalakshmi Deivasikamani
The heart continuously pumps blood into the blood vessels, exerting a force on the walls of the blood vessels. It’s long been thought that this pressure is ‘sensed’ somehow by the specialist cells that line the vessels, and converted into s...
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Is there a “golden hour” to go to sleep that reduces your risk of heart disease?
New research has suggested that going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm could be best for your heart. What does this mean for you? Our experts explain.
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Funding a vital scanner that will help researchers discover new heart disease treatmentsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
Bristol researchers will use the Vevo 3100 to continue their ground-breaking work. The Translational Biomedical Research Centre (TBRC) at Bristol is a state-of-the-art facility. It helps researchers to take their studies from preclinical...
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Women in Scotland under-estimate heart attack risk
A new BHF Scotland report highlights the urgent need to raise awareness of heart disease in women. Every year, ischaemic heart disease, including heart attacks and angina, kills around 2,600 women in Scotland – that’s seven women every day. But too many women are not aware that they are at risk.
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How do defects in a protein called myosin VI lead to heart disease?University of Cambridge | Dr Folma Buss
Dr Folma Buss is studying proteins involved in a process called autophagy in heart cells, which can lead to heart disease if it goes awry. The word ‘autophagy’ is derived from the Greek words ‘auto’ meaning ‘self’, and ‘phagy’ meaning ‘...