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Find out why the menopause increases your risk of heart and circulatory conditions, and what you can do to lower your risk and help with menopausal symptoms like heart palpitations.

It has been a bumper year for BHF research. We’ve seen stem cell plasters to repair damaged hearts, technology that can speed up detection of heart disease, and of course our biggest ever research grant - £30 million to rewrite the DNA that causes killer heart muscle diseases. Each discovery brings us a step closer to ending heartbreak from heart and circulatory diseases forever.

Currently, there are over 225,000 people battling with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Northern Ireland. Our local work and research is powered by your support. Every minute of your time and every donation will help make a difference to local people's lives.

A heart attack survivor is the first person to receive groundbreaking gene therapy which aims to prevent coronary artery bypass grafts failing. The clinical trial now underway in Glasgow is the result of many years of research, much of it funded by us.

Learn about the different types of blood tests, how blood tests are taken, whether they hurt and what happens afterwards.

This National Heart Month, we're calling for action to raise awareness of heart attacks in women in Wales and tackle the unconscious bias and systemic inequalities which leave them at a disadvantage at every stage of the heart disease journey. Heart attack is not just a male disease. BHF Cymru wants to encourage women to better understand their risk of a heart attack and its symptoms. We're calling on Welsh Government to address health inequalities and prevent women in Wales dying needlessly from heart disease.

This year's European Society of Cardiology Congress was held in person for the first time since 2019. As usual, the conference was bursting with breakthroughs in heart and circulatory diseases research. Here are seven things we learnt.

BHF Senior Dietitian, Tracy Parker, explains that 5 portions of fruit and veg a day is the recommended amount, and dispels myths that eating too much can lead to weight gain and diabetes.

Clinical trial provide crucial evidence that diagnostic tests or treatments are safe and effective. We fund clinical trials across a broad range of heart and circulatory conditions and their risk factors, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

We're calling on Government to commit to increased funding for cardiovascular research to safeguard the future of UK research, as our new analysis shows that cardiovascular disease research funding faces a shortfall of more than a quarter of a billion pounds between 2025 and 2035.