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Diabetes can lead to blood vessel damage and raise your risk of heart disease, blindness and limb amputation. We’ve been funding research to find ways to grow or repair blood vessels damaged by diabetes.

Explore our data that examines the association between deprivation and heart and circulatory diseases in Scotland.

A team of experts are finding a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases which affect around 30 million people across the world.

NCDs (such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung disease, and liver disease) are responsible for at least 20,000 deaths every year in Wales - more than half of all deaths. But, as research progresses, the BHF have come to understand that many of these deaths and morbidities can be prevented.

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University 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...

Scientists in Dundee are researching how to reduce the damage caused by a heart attack

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University of Oxford | Professor Sarah De Val

Dr Sarah de Val and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how new blood vessels grow during development and after a heart attack, to find clues on how to repair damaged heart muscle. After a heart attack, new blood ves...

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.

BHF reveals funding for research into the causes of heart attacks and stroke in Scotland.