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Find out how the weight-loss medication semaglutide (better known as Wegovy) works, how effective it is, the side effects, and how to get it on the NHS.

It might be cold outside, but there’s never been a better time to go for a walk. It’s a great way to get healthier and feel happier.

Carol Ighofose thought that she was having a heart attack - but she wasn't diagnosed until it was too late to save her heart from damage.

Your heart rate (also known as your pulse rate) is the number of times your heart beats per minute (bpm). Everyone’s heart rate is different and can change over time. Read more.

Learn about the different types of blood tests, how blood tests are taken, whether they hurt and what happens afterwards.

Stark inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to our new briefing.

Improved care for people with heart and circulatory disease suffering from Covid-19 could soon be available after we and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) announced support for six flagship research programmes.

In a remarkable achievement, supported by us, UK Biobank has completed the world’s largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of 100,000 volunteers.

RESEARCH

King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

As we age, the smooth muscle cells that make up our blood vessels can start to calcify, becoming rigid like bone. The technical term for this phenomenon is vascular calcification. It can cause high blood pressure, heart attacks or strokes a...

RESEARCH

Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Timothy Warner

Professor Timothy Warner wants to understand how anti-clotting medicines work to find new ways to prevent heart and circulatory disease. In atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of coronary heart disease, the coronary arteries fur up wit...