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Blood tests: how do they work and what do they show?
Blood tests can help to diagnose some heart conditions or check if you have a risk factor like high cholesterol. Find out why you might need a blood test and what happens when you have one.
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Antibiotics
Antibiotics save lives, but resistance to them is increasing. Dr Nicholas Brown tells us when you need them and when you don?t.
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Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high
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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RESEARCH
Accelerator award at the University of LeicesterUniversity of Leicester | Professor Gavin Murphy
BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, ...
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Research excellence at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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10 weird things we've been told cause heart disease
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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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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Stress
Stress can make you turn to unhealthy habits which increase your risk of heart and circulatory conditions. Learn what stress is, whether it can cause high blood pressure or a heart attack and how to manage it.
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Managing long-term pain
As more people live with long-term pain, BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse looks at how it can be managed, including prescription painkillers.
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Drug cabinet: Antiplatelets
Antiplatelet medications, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, are commonly used to reduce the risk of heart attack. An expert answers some common questions.