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Office workers fear sitting too long could be impacting their health
Almost half of women (45%) and almost two fifths of men (37%) working in UK offices spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, according to new statistics released ahead of the first On Your Feet Britain campaign to get office workers moving more.
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Peripheral arterial disease - Nordic pole walking
The BHF funded research to find out whether walking with Nordic poles could help people with peripheral arterial disease exercise more easily.
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Architecture of the heart different between women and men and with age
Differences in the heart’s structure could explain why men and women have different risk of heart conditions
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Autumn Budget 2025: What it means for heart health
Yesterday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Autumn Budget against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and growing pressure on public services.
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Healthy eating
Learn how a healthy diet can help reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease and stop gaining weight. Find here healthy eating tips to keep a healthy heart and our healthy recipe finder.
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RESEARCH
Using big data to improve heart healthMedical Research Council | Ms Unknown Medical Research Council
The British Heart Foundation has joined a consortium of UK government and charity funders, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC), to contribute to a £19 million investment to establish four electronic-health research Centres of Excellen...
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Attempting to slow down or prevent the development of atherosclerosisImperial College London | Professor Justin C Mason
Understanding how atherosclerosis develops and progresses may reveal new ways to prevent or treat the condition in the future. Cells lining the inner wall of our blood vessels are called endothelial cells, or ‘the endothelium’, and are impo...
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Does your weight affect your risk of heart surgery complications?University of Leicester | Professor Gavin Murphy
More than 35,000 people in the UK have heart surgery each year. Despite decades of research to improve outcomes, kidney and heart failure resulting from cardiac surgery still affects many patients. Professor Murphy’s team have shown that th...
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Understanding artery health and ageing – part of the Whitehall II studyUniversity College London | Professor Eric Brunner
In 1985 a major research study was launched, with the ambition of investigating the causes of social inequalities in health. The study, called Whitehall II, recruited 10,308 London civil servants aged 35- 55 and has followed them up with re...
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Understanding how blood vessels become leakyUniversity College London | Professor Patric Turowski
Blood vessel leakage into the surrounding tissue is common in many inflammatory diseases, and can occur in people with diabetes or after a stroke. A PhD student working with Dr Patric Turowski will learn more about the link between blood ve...