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Obesity
If you are overweight or obese you are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than someone who is a healthy weight. Find out more about how your weight affects your health.
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Professor Sir Nilesh Samani receives prestigious award at world's biggest heart conference
Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, our Medical Director, has been awarded the prestigious European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal in recognition of his contribution to cardiovascular medicine. The Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, was presented today at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual Congress.
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How to make pies more heart-healthy
Pies are a popular, though rarely heart-healthy, comfort food. But with a few changes even those with heart and circulatory disease can enjoy them.
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Our heart age tool reveals four in five people have hearts older than their actual age
According to our research nearly 80 per cent of people over the age of 30 have a heart older than their actual age, putting them at higher risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke.
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RESEARCH
Using CT scans to find patients at greater risk of heart attackUniversity College London | Dr Christos Bourantas
People who have coronary heart disease – when the arteries feeding the heart are narrowed by fatty plaques – are at risk of having a heart attack. But the risk isn’t the same for everyone, because plaques that are settled and stable may not...
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Understanding how small arteries in the heart respond to stressUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora
Professor Kim Dora at the University of Oxford aims to better understand how small arteries in the heart respond to stress and how this response changes in coronary heart disease. Small arteries in the heart dilate and contract to keep up w...
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The CVD Challenge in Northern Ireland
Find out how together we can address high-risk conditions for CVD in Northern Ireland to save lives and reduce NHS pressures.
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Green tea molecule could prevent heart attacks
Scientists have discovered that a compound found in green tea, currently being studied for its ability to reduce amyloid plaques in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, also breaks up and dissolves potentially dangerous protein plaques found in the blood vessels.
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Martin Bennett
Professor Martin Bennett heads up the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, which is based in laboratories funded largely by the BHF.
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Making the most of your retirement
Learn how you can use your retirement to make healthy lifestyle changes, and how Tony Cooley did this while dealing with heart and circulatory disease. Read more.