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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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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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How our nerves control fat cell functionUniversity of Manchester | Professor Anthony Heagerty
Professor Anthony Heagerty and his team at the University of Manchester are studying how obesity increases a person’s risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Almost a quarter of UK adults are obese, but we don’t fully understand how obesi...
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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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Investigating the role of long non-coding RNA in the regeneration of blood vesselsUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
Researchers are searching for ways to make the human body regenerate and repair itself after injury or disease. In coronary heart disease and diabetes, blood vessels can become damaged, causing injury to the tissues they nourish. Regenerati...
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Working out how obesity is a risk factor for blood vessel diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Charalambos Antoniades
BHF Senior Clinical Research Fellow Professor Charalambos Antoniades is working out why obesity is a risk factor for blood vessel disease, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Fat, or adipose tissue, produces various molecules that hav...
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Can we better predict who will benefit from treatments for heart disease?University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell
Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...
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Could gene therapy keep our heart and blood vessels young and healthy?University of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
Some people live long healthy lives, whereas others develop ageing related conditions. Professor Paolo Madeddu and his team at the University of Bristol are studying a gene called BPIFB4 that may be important for determining whether people ...
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Identifying and reversing risks of heart disease in childrenUniversity of Oxford | Dr Alexander Jones
Obesity and physical inactivity are becoming more common in children and are major risk factors for heart and circulatory diseases. Although we may not see the effects until children get older, we know that disease processes begin in childh...
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What is haemochromatosis?
Common questions about haemochromatosis are answered by Dr Sara Trompeter, Consultant Haematologist and Paediatric Haematologist.