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Dr Hazel Wallace announced as BHF ambassador
Dr Hazel Wallace aka. The Food Medic is officially announced as BHF ambassador. On Saturday, Hazel got to meet our One Beat Members at a cookery workshop.
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Probing the causes of sudden death in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyImperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Dr Sanjay Prasad and his team have been awarded a grant to understand the inherited condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This heart problem affects one in 500 people and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people. People ...
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Keith Channon
Professor Channon and his team are carrying out an ambitious programme to identify when the arteries supplying oxygen-rich blood to the heart become narrowed by fatty plaques
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Preventing arteries becoming hardened in diabetesManchester Metropolitan University | Professor M Yvonne Alexander
It is estimated that by 2030, nearly 552 million people will have diabetes in the UK. Understanding new ways to treat complications associated with diabetes will make a difference to people living with the condition. Blood vessels are ma...
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Working out the factors involved in atherosclerosisUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Victoria Ridger
Understanding how atherosclerosis develops and progresses may reveal new ways to treat the condition in the future. In atherosclerosis, the large blood vessels in our bodies ‘fur up’ with fatty plaque deposits and blood flow is restricted t...
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Gel-like sieve in blood vessels new target for repairing damaged hearts
Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to research we've funded and published today in Diabetologia.
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Fish oil study could pave way for better blood pressure treatments
New research we funded at the University of Reading will aim to better understand how fish oils can help to reduce blood pressure.
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Why do people with diabetes grow blood vessels more slowly?University of Nottingham | Professor David Bates
Vascular disease, where blood vessels become blocked, is common in people with type 2 diabetes as they get older. Since it blocks the flow of oxygen to the limbs, it can cause painful legs, inability to walk or even lead to amputation. Scie...
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Proving that statins save lives
Our research helped to prove that lowering blood cholesterol using statins prevent the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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How inequalities contribute to heart and circulatory diseases
Data has been brought together across prevention, treatment and outcomes by levels of deprivation in England, outlining health inequalities.