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We collect the most comprehensive statistics on the effects, prevention, treatment, costs and causes of cardiovascular disease in the UK.

Angina is a pain symptom felt in your chest, usually caused by coronary heart disease. Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments for angina.

Find out more about research that shows most people regain weight and lose health benefits such as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels when they stop taking Mounjaro.

Find out more about how weight-loss injections like Mounjaro and Wegovy work, their potential side effects and how to access them on the NHS.

Our Senior Cardiac Nurse shares expert tips for adjusting to new medications.

What's your heart age? Find out with this calculator from NHS Choices and the British Heart Foundation

Our expert answers a question on whether you can scuba dive when you have high blood pressure.

The statistics in our publications are drawn from a wide variety of official and reputable sources.

Genetic and environmental factors have been found to cause the heart to become stiff, which can lead to heart disease and heart failure, according to research we’ve funded and published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research.

BHF-funded researchers find that overweight patients do better after heart surgery than patients of a normal weight.