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A single blood test could be used to predict whether someone is at risk of developing a range of diseases, according to research the British Heart Foundation part-funded.

Heart failure patients who are admitted to hospital are at greater risk of dying if they have high blood sugar, according to new research.

Tesco customers will be able to make a significant contribution to our life saving work over the next two weeks by supporting the Tesco Health Charity Partnership appeal.

Tesco Health Charity Partnership launches new appeal in September to help fund our life saving work

BHF research breakthroughs from Europe’s biggest heart conference.

There are 206 bones in the human body – ranging in size from the tiniest, found in your ear, to the largest, in your thigh. We have just one heart – roughly the size of your fist – in our chest and continuously pumping about eight pints of blood. 206 bones and only one heart. But how are the two connected? Does the quality of your bones affect your heart?

What are carbohydrates, why do we need them and what is a low-carb diet? Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.

Over the past 60 years, BHF support has enabled the training of generations of researchers and supported world-leading scientists to make discoveries that have helped save and improve people’s lives.

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Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood

Dr Stephen Yarwood from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working out if blocking an enzyme called EPAC1 could treat heart and circulatory diseases associated with metabolic syndrome – a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and...

Can different light levels at different times of day affect metabolism and blood sugar levels? We explain the science.