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Antiplatelet medications, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, are commonly used to reduce the risk of heart attack. An expert answers some common questions.

The international ACHIEVE trial tested whether spironolactone can help reduce heart-related complications in people on dialysis.

Data has been brought together across prevention, treatment and outcomes by levels of deprivation in England, outlining health inequalities.

The number of people dying before the age of 75 in England from heart and circulatory diseases has risen to the highest level in over a decade, according to our new analysis.

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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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University of Oxford | Professor Neil Herring

This Oxford team will use innovative new techniques to understand how some failing hearts recover. Damage to the heart from many causes, including heart attacks, can lead to heart failure. This is where the heart is unable to pump well eno...

It's hard to read or watch the news without hearing of new things that could, apparently, cause heart and circulatory disease. But can you believe what you read? We explain.

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University of Manchester | Professor Ann Canfield (EMERITUS)

Professor Ann Canfield and colleagues at the University of Manchester are looking for ways to prevent and treat the hardening of blood vessels, where blood vessels stiffen due to deposits of a bone-like material. This ‘calcification’ increa...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Michael Shipston

People with high blood pressure are at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease. High blood pressure can arise as a result of blood vessels losing their elasticity, meaning that blood vessels cannot expand and contract as effectively to...

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University of Manchester | Dr Shane Herbert

Diseases including coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes affect our blood vessels, causing damage by limiting blood supply. One way to avoid these dangerous consequences could be to encourage healthy new blood vessels to grow. Lead by...