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The BHF funded research to find out whether walking with Nordic poles could help people with peripheral arterial disease exercise more easily.

A new study we funded shows that by age 11, children are doing more than an hour less of physical activity a week than at age 6.

Today we announce that our chief executive, Simon Gillespie, will be retiring from the charity at the end of December after almost seven years.

We've awarded £35 million funding to nine leading UK universities, helping to strengthen work-leading cardiovascular disease research in the UK. The awards allow researchers flexibility to quickly launch ambitious projects and will help universities to attract the brightest minds, nurture new talent and foster collaboration.

South Asians are almost twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease than White Europeans, according to research presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

Weight loss surgery may reduce the risk of developing heart failure for people living with obesity by improving blood flow through their heart muscle, according to research we've funded.

Future heart attacks could be better prevented in people visiting their GP with unexplained chest pain, after researchers we've funded developed the clearest picture yet of the factors that put them at higher risk.

'Good' HDL cholesterol has puzzled researchers for many years. Despite studies showing raising it reduces heart disease risk, clinical trials where HDL cholesterol was raised have shown little promise. Our researchers, working in an international collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, have shone new light on the mystery.

Yesterday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Autumn Budget against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and growing pressure on public services.

Scientists at the University of Exeter are to explore why some overweight people are less likely to develop heart disease than others.