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Government must prioritise heart health in the Budget
The Budget must prioritise the nation’s heart health to save lives over the next decade, we remind the Government today. The financial statement is due to be delivered on March 11.
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Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year
We are urging the Government to press on with plans to restrict junk food advertising on TV and online.
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New blood test improves heart attack and stroke risk prediction
A simple £5 blood test for the protein troponin could allow doctors to predict a person's risk of heart attacks and strokes with greater accuracy than ever before, according to research funded by us and published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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BHF researchers secure EU approval for new AI heart attack prediction technology
Research funded by us has led to EU-approved artificial intelligence technology that can identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack years before it strikes.
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Low blood pressure
Having low blood pressure doesn’t necessarily mean there is a problem, but it could be the result of another illness or condition.
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RESEARCH
Could our eyes reveal our future heart and circulatory disease risk?St George's, University of London | Professor Alicja Rudnicka
Dr Alicja Rudnicka and her colleagues at St George’s, University of London, are studying if retinal blood vessels in the back of the eye could be a ‘window’ into blood vessel health. Changes in the shape and size of retinal blood vessel...
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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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Studying C5L2 – a potential new target for preventing fatty liver diseaseUniversity of Leicester | Dr Cordula Stover
People who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a range of health problems, including a build-up of fat in the liver – called fatty liver disease – which can lead on to serious liver damage. Fatty liver disease can contribute ...
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Making the heart sensitive to insulin, to treat heart failureUniversity of Dundee | Dr Li Kang
Insulin is an important hormone that helps control blood sugar (glucose) levels. Many people with heart failure have some level of ‘insulin resistance’, which stops them metabolising glucose efficiently. Heart cells rely on energy from gluc...
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Do anti-platelet drugs keep the small blood vessels in the heart free of blood clots?University of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia
A heart attack happens when a blood clot blocks a coronary artery – a blood vessel supplying the heart muscle with blood. A stent is usually inserted into the affected artery to allow blood flow to be restored (reperfusion). Two drugs ar...